Rupes Recta

This image was captured on May 6, 2006 with my ToUcam 840 through my C8 SGT XLT with a 2x barlow. Levels adjusted, unsharp mask applied and edges cropped in Photoshop CS2.

Rupes Recta is a 114 km long scarp or rectilinear fault. Also known as the Straight Wall. It is 300m tall.

Just below Rupes recta in this image is the crater Birt: a 17 km diameter crater 3470m deep. Just below and to the right of this Rima Birt is visible: a narrow rectiliniear rille 51 kms long and about 1km wide.

The crater in the top right corner is Arzachel. Thebit (top centre) shows good detail and terraces in the floor of the crater but Thebit A and L (immediately below) show little detail. Left of Thebit is Thebit P a 78km diameter crater that looks almost like a ghost crater. Minor impact marks and ejecta can be seen between Thebit and Rupes Recta.