BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- China published the first picture of the moon captured by Chang'e-1, the country's first lunar probe, on Monday, marking the full success of its lunar probe project.

The white and black picture, in a glass frame, was unveiled by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. It shows a rough moon surface scattered with big or small round pits.

The area covered by the picture, about 460 km in length and 280km in width, is within a location of 70 to 54 degrees south latitude and 83 to 57 degrees east longitude, according to BACC sources.

The pictured region is actually part of the highland on the moon and was mainly composed of plagioclase, a common rock-forming element. On the surface spread craters of different sizes, shapes, structures and ages.

"The dark patch in the picture's upper right side shows the surface there is blanketed by basalt, a hard and dense volcanic rock," the sources said.