Posted on 07/23/2022 3:47:58 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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. The images were taken by Neil Armstrong looking out his window of the Eagle Lunar Module shortly after the July 20, 1969 landing. 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 to 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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You really have to appreciate the effort the moon women go through.
It’s not easy to wear high heals on the moon.
See the red marker for the landing site at lower center.
This was the first Apollo mission to transport and use the lunar rover which allowed the astronauts to traverse 17 miles on the lunar surface. The Apennine Mountain Range has peaks that rise to about 17,700 feet above the lunar surface.
The total length of the range is about 600 km (370 mi), with some of the peaks rising as high as 5 km (3.1 mi).
See the red marker for the landing site, at lower center
Dang, I gotta watch that movie. Gams galore!
Correction...Dusting off the memory, the Apollo missions use of the lunar rover came in later missions, 15, 16, and 17.
Definitely pics shot on a Hollywood set.
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Thanks for the post.
My favorite Apollo mission. Hadley’s Rille blows my mind. I used to have Google Moon, along with Google Earth, and I would spend hours digitally traversing the Apollo landing sites, and spending most of my time at Hadley’s Rille.
What can I say, I’m a nerd.🙂🔭
One of my favs to. Those guys going there, with the technology that existed at the time, had armor plated nerves of steel. Some involved with the first missions, estimated they had about a 50/50 chance of survival.
Actually, with 1/6th standard gravity it’s far easier.
CC
still the high heels does explain why there are so many craters on the moon.
Hmmm.....
I think you’re on to something there!
CC
That’s Alice Kramden.
LOL!!
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