APOD: Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph (2014 Mar 15)

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Re: APOD: Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph (2014 Mar 15)

Post by Nitpicker » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:24 am

I'm not judging anyone, just describing the view from down here.

Huh, I just learnt that America got its name from the European "discoverer" of South America (or at least, the European who was first supposed to have demonstrated it wasn't Asia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci

What a funny planet we live on. Maybe we should be downgraded by the IAU.