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Explanation: The Mare Orientale is one of the most striking large scale lunar features. Located on the Moon's extreme western edge, this impact basin is unfortunately difficult to see from an earthbound perspective. It is over 3 billion years old, about 600 miles across and was formed by the impact of an asteroid sized object. The collision caused ripples in the lunar crust resulting in the three concentric circular features visible in this 1967 photograph made by NASA's Lunar Orbiter 4. Molten lava from the Moon's interior flooded the impact site through the fractured crust creating a mare. Dark, smooth regions on the moon are called mare (Latin for sea), because early astronomers thought these areas might be oceans.
Thread for discussion of the far side of the moon. Since the moon is in geosynchronous orbit with Earth, we never see the far side of the moon, only ever the close side. The moon is spinning and moving at the exact right speed to always show one side.

Thoughts on the far side of the moon?

Not much has been written on it, I am finding?