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Moon-Like Madagascar: ISS Photo Shows the Saririaky Anorthosite Massif
An ISS astronaut photograph published by NASA on October 5, 2026, captures the Saririaky anorthosite massif in southern Madagascar: a roughly 100-square-kilometer exposure of the same rock type that forms the Moon's bright highlands, embedded in rocks sheared during the collision that assembled the supercontinent Gondwana. Here is why that rock matters for lunar science, and what the image actually shows.