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Montana’s Moon-Like Rocks

The Stillwater Complex in the Beartooth Mountains contains a mineral that closely resembles the most common mineral on the surface of the Moon.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published May 4, 2020
Data acquired August 10, 2018

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Space Shuttle > SRTM