by APOD Robot » Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:06 am
America and the Sea of Serenity
Explanation: Get out your
red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view of another world.
Fifty years ago the
scene was recorded by Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before descending to land on the Moon. The stereo anaglyph was assembled from two photographs (
AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466) captured from his vantage point on board the
Lunar Module Challenger as he and Dr. Harrison Schmitt flew over Apollo 17's
landing site in the
Taurus-Littrow Valley. The broad, sunlit face of the mountain dubbed South Massif rises near the center
of the frame, above the dark floor of Taurus-Littrow to its left. Piloted by Ron Evans, the Command Module America is visible in orbit in the foreground against the
South Massif's peak. Beyond the mountains, toward the lunar limb, lies the Moon's
Mare Serenitatis.
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