I recall as a kid, probably 11 years old, writing a letter to this observatory asking for information on the telescope, and they actually sent me a free book on the scope. That was something I didn't expect.
I shot this not too long ago of the Apollo 15 landing site.
The red dot is the approximate area where our Apollo 15 landed, near the curved mountain range.
The Appennines mountain range, has over 3000 peaks, and extending in an almost continuous curve of more than 400 miles in length. No doubt from the surface, this mountain range appears pre-historic like, due to it's ruggedness.
Some peaks rise more than 15,000 feet, The square-shaped mass Mount Wolf, near the southern end of the chain, include peaks standing about 18,000 above the plain.
The last two peaks are perhaps most famous for forming the valley where the Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. It was the first of what were termed "J missions", long duration stays on the Moon with a greater focus on science than had been possible on previous missions. This landing was considered one of the most scientifically successful missions of the Apollo program and started the last three J-Series missions that included the lunar rover and 3-day stays.
The camera setup when this was taken was setup for deep space images, not planetary or lunar, and is why it lacks better detail and resolution.
