News, Rare Hole In the Moon Photographed (bright, see, find)

[JD59]

New photos of the moon have revealed the most detailed views yet of a rare hole in the lunar surface — a pit large enough to swallow an entire football field whole.

SPACE.com -- Rare Hole In the Moon Photographed)

[gy2020]

I find the photograph intereswting. You can see a large part of the moon subsurface and right below the top soil you can see some of the features beneath. But unlike sedimantary rock layers there are a number of rock featurs that go perpendictular. Looks like large boulders that are placed on top of each other.

[harry chickpea]

It doesn't look like a hole to me, but more like an extrusion of some really dark material. Anyone got any links to different images or a stereograph? Maybe I could get a better sense of it in 3D.

[gy2020]

I think it would make an interesting location for a manned mission.

[John Buettner]

There's where my other flip flop is.

[Zareste]

I agree it looks more like a mesa, which raises questions as well

[NightBazaar]

The hole is thought to be part of lava flow tube that caved in, which explains the shape. The size of the photo doesn't let othet rock material deep inside show up very well. By enlarging the image of the cave, you can see what appears to be faint shapes of some of the debris (large boulders) scattered around inside. What's remarkable is that the hole is the size of a football field. That's a pretty good-sized hole.

It''s possible the bright material might be somewhat extruded. I'm speculating, but it's possible a meteor coming in on an angle, broke through the tube causing debris to scatter a bit around the surface. If that's the case, then darkest area is probably a part of the tube's roof that collapsed behind the surface impact area.