NASA discovers giant patch of rock similar to moon on Earth
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NASA astronauts took pictures from the ISS of a unique geological massif in Madagascar. This is a huge deposit of anorthosite, the rock that makes up most of the bright elevations on the Moon.
A rock formation with approximately 100 square kilometers, located in southern Madagascar, drew the attention of the scientific community to its characteristics similar to those of the Moon regions. The massif of Saririaky is composed of anortosite, rock that is also present in much of the clear areas of the lunar surface, visible from the Earth to the naked eye.The image was recorded on August 28, 2026 by an astronaut aboard the International S…
Formation in southern Madagascar is at least 600 million years old and contains anortosite, a type of rock common in the clear areas of the Moon
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