Posted on 12/20/2014 6:54:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility. Taken by Neil Armstrong looking out his window of the Eagle Lunar Module, the frame at the far left (AS11-37-5449) is the first picture taken by a person on another world. Toward the south, thruster nozzles can be seen in the foreground on the left, while at the right, the shadow of the Eagle is visible toward the west. For scale, the large, shallow crater on the right has a diameter of about 12 meters. Frames taken from the Lunar Module windows about an hour and a half after landing, before walking on the lunar surface, were intended to initially document the landing site in case an early departure was necessary.
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[Credit: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, NASA ]
Explanation: Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility. Taken by Neil Armstrong looking out his window of the Eagle Lunar Module, the frame at the far left (AS11-37-5449) is the first picture taken by a person on another world. Toward the south, thruster nozzles can be seen in the foreground on the left, while at the right, the shadow of the Eagle is visible toward the west. For scale, the large, shallow crater on the right has a diameter of about 12 meters. Frames taken from the Lunar Module windows about an hour and a half after landing, before walking on the lunar surface, were intended to initially document the landing site in case an early departure was necessary.
The Big One
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I hope my legs don’t break
walking on the moon.
It’s weird to think that in all known universe, the creatures of the earth are the only things that have the senses and abilities to observe, react to, and manipulate the environment around them.
As A.C. Doyle once wrote, you could imply the existence of an ocean from a drop of water. How much is implied about life on earth by the evidence of the lander on its moon!
Thanks for the care taken (double postpix) in posting.
That’s Sunrise,New Mexico....just off of I-10.I drove through just last year.
Fascinating look at the surface of the Moon and the first pictures
ever taken on another world by an astronaut.
Historic pictures, and very beautiful. Thank you, Mr. Civilizations.
Doyle is logically incorrect but that aside.....
Why would we think that after seeing man God would bother with any more creation? He keeps sending destruction to perfect us.....What makes us think that there MUST be other life out there?
I’ve said this before: My dream home would have a room with nothing but Alan Bean originals.
:’) He paints great dirt. ;’)
Pretty boring landscape.
Too bad we haven’t landed where the alien bases are..
They did. The astronauts went up, and alien replicants came back. I’m the only one who knows.
My pleasure. Of course, had I been even more careful... :’(
;’)
The big version might make a nice multi-monitor wallpaper.
Ah, so THAT’S where the Holy Grail is .....
(In three squares: A-L-ICE. The ICE went in one square. The puzzle's theme was "arctic circle," with eight ICE arranged around the grid in a circle.)
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