Plume from lunar impact seen

Space.com: NASA scientists have finally seen in their data a debris plume created by the impact of a moon probe last week onto the Cabeus crater, at the lunar south pole.

A thermal image of the impact (credit: NASA)

The faint plume was seen in the data from the engineered crash one week after the impact of the LCROSS probe in the ultraviolet/visible and near-IR wavelengths.

A image of a plume of debris. NASA estimates the dust went up about a mile. (credit: NASA)

"There is a clear indication of a plume of vapor and fine debris," said Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS principal investigator and project scientist.

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