At the center are the craters Hertz and Moiseev.
<p>This photo is used in Figure 29-42 of the <i>Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report</i> (NASA SP-315), which has the following caption:
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<dl><dd>Full-disk view of the Moon obtained by the Apollo 16 mapping camera during the transearth coast. Mare Crisium is near the horizon to the upper left. Tsiolkovsky Crater is on the horizon at the bottom, and the new-found, three-ringed basin is in the middle of the lower part of the disk.</dd></dl><p>The photo is also used in the frontispiece of the <i>Report</i> and it has this caption:
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<dl><dd>The Moon, as photographed by the Apollo 16 astronauts on their way back to the Earth. The darker areas show: Mare Crisium, near the horizon at the upper left; Mare Marginis, right and below Mare Crisium; and Mare Smythii, below Mare Marginis. The far-side highlands are also visible.</dd></dl>
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