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Images From Apollo, Ahead of Tonight's Supermoon Eclipse
theatlantic.com ^
| Sep. 27, 2015
| Alan Taylor
Posted on 09/27/2015 2:20:23 PM PDT by PROCON
Tonight, as the full Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, it will also be dimmed by a total lunar eclipse. This Supermoon eclipse will reach totality at 10:11 p.m Eastern Time, and will last one hour and 12 minutes. According to NASA, it will “be visible to North and South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific.”
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: apollo; apollophotos; bloodmoon; eclipse; nasa; supermoon
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Lots old great pics from the Apollo Missions.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:20:23 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:20:51 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
0% visible for me. Cloudy and raining. Every time something like this happens the clouds roll in.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:33:39 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: PROCON
Always impressed with how sharp the Apollo mission pics are.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:34:59 PM PDT
by
Yardstick
To: PROCON
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:37:50 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: Yardstick
Always impressed with how sharp the Apollo mission pics are. They had Hasselblad cameras...which are very, very expensive and high quality.
To: Yardstick
Always impressed with how sharp the Apollo mission pics are.That's because they were taken in New Mexico in a secret TV studio. Can't you see how the shadows are all wrong? C'mon, you've got to keep up with the latest in tin foil hat conspiracy.
Right now, I'm watching "Wizard of Oz" on mute, synchronized with Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon." Lot of secrets being revealed to me. Stay tuned.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:40:37 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(A businessman gets things done with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
To: PROCON
That was a great country that put men on the moon.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:42:10 PM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(Islamic Immigration is Treason)
To: PROCON
I always thought it would have been the coolest thing to time a lunar mission with a lunar eclipse, and have the landing crew witness a solar eclipse by the Earth.
The real capper would be to have a crew on Mars for a transit of Earth. Alas, I don't think I'll live to see that.:-(
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:42:56 PM PDT
by
chimera
To: SamAdams76
That's because they were taken in New Mexico in a secret TV studio. Can't you see how the shadows are all wrong?
</mooniebirther>
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:44:15 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
I didn’t realize that one Apollo mission ended up very close to Surveyor3. Amazing.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:48:05 PM PDT
by
Chaguito
To: Chaguito
Yes, that was one of the mission objectives of Apollo 12. They wanted to demonstrate the capability for pinpoint landings in preparation for later missions which would require them. If you go to the Air and Space Smithsonian in DC you can see the Surveyor 3 TV camera which was returned for analysis of its materials after an extended lunar stay. You look at it and wonder how amazing that it was launched, landed there unmanned, and then returned by men on a manned mission.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:53:36 PM PDT
by
chimera
To: PROCON; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks PROCON, extra to APoD.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:54:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: chimera
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:55:00 PM PDT
by
Chaguito
To: PROCON
I hope the rain clears up in time! :-=)
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:56:26 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: soycd
It was a great Era to grow-up during.
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posted on
09/27/2015 2:57:13 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: Chaguito
Apollo 12 was actually targeted to land directly in the center of the Surveyor crater. But when the LEM was approaching to land the Conrad saw they would be too close to the Surveyor so he flew on to the far rim and landed. Later they walked to Surveyor and retrieved pieces to be returned and studied for long term exposure to the lunar environment.
Thank you Emil Schiesser!
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posted on
09/27/2015 3:03:23 PM PDT
by
SPI-Man
(Our government has become a circus created by clowns for the benefit of fools.)
To: Red_Devil 232
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posted on
09/27/2015 3:03:56 PM PDT
by
Raymann
To: Red_Devil 232
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posted on
09/27/2015 3:04:26 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: SamAdams76
Any cannabis in this scenario...?
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posted on
09/27/2015 3:05:31 PM PDT
by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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