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Astronomy Picture of the Day - America and the Sea of Serenity
NASA ^ | 17 Jan, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne

Posted on 01/17/2024 12:09:56 PM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view of another world. The scene was recorded by Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before descending to land on the Moon. The stereo anaglyph was assembled from two photographs (AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466) captured from his vantage point on board the Lunar Module Challenger as he and Dr. Harrison Schmitt flew over Apollo 17's landing site in the Taurus-Littrow Valley. The broad, sunlit face of the mountain dubbed South Massif rises near the center of the frame, above the dark floor of Taurus-Littrow to its left. Piloted by Ron Evans, the Command Module America is visible in orbit in the foreground against the South Massif's peak. Beyond the mountains, toward the lunar limb, lies the Moon's Mare Serenitatis. Four astronauts will venture around the Moon and back again on the Artemis II mission, scheduled for launch no earlier than September 2025.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.

1 posted on 01/17/2024 12:09:56 PM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 01/17/2024 12:10:15 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 01/17/2024 12:10:57 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: raygunfan; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; FredZarguna; PROCON; KC_Lion; Rebelbase; gundog; Kenny Bania
[the Sea of Serenity]


4 posted on 01/17/2024 12:16:02 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: MtnClimber
Well, I do not have any 3 d glasses at this time, but they sell them online! 3 D glasses online are available at:

They also sell Eclipse glasses, but you you need to buy more than 1! (25 min.)

5 posted on 01/17/2024 12:54:04 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

I do have a pair but they’re from going to a 3D movie years ago.
They won’t work for this.


6 posted on 01/17/2024 1:35:35 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: MtnClimber

Interesting.


7 posted on 01/17/2024 1:41:20 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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