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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
NASA ^
| 12 Sep, 2026
| Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague)
Posted on 09/13/2026 4:41:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
[Note: Catching up for yesterday]
Explanation: Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the surface of the Moon. It was taken on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin is unfurling a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Composition Experiment. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped particles streaming outward in the solar wind, catching a sample of material from the Sun itself. Along with 22 kilograms of moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis in earthbound laboratories.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/13/2026 4:41:43 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pinging the APOD list
🪐 🌟 🌌 🍔
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posted on
09/13/2026 4:42:22 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
What a great picture and happy memory. Thanks for this thread.
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posted on
09/13/2026 4:58:09 AM PDT
by
Freee-dame
(The left never dreamed de that Trump would be back in the White House in 2025. )
To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv
Aldrin is unfurling a long sheet of foil Now if that isn't foreshadowing for the Moon Landing hoax conspiracies, what is?!!
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posted on
09/13/2026 7:02:29 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: MtnClimber
It’s so amazing that this was done in 1969!
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posted on
09/13/2026 7:08:40 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
To: Freee-dame
Dittos. What a strange environment. Full sunlight with a black sky. I can’t wait to see astronauts back on the Moon.
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posted on
09/13/2026 7:30:21 AM PDT
by
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
To: beethovenfan
And it worked so well that the politicians shut it all down after Apollo 17…..
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posted on
09/13/2026 7:32:00 AM PDT
by
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/13/2026 7:36:21 AM PDT
by
redinIllinois
(Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi .issue vor in)
To: telescope115
Kind of a nightmare for photographers what with the whole surface being a natural reflector.
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posted on
09/13/2026 7:51:51 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: telescope115
And it worked so well that the politicians shut it all down after Apollo 17….. Ya, they did. Do you know why? Because it was tremendously expensive and we as a nation were going broke. That’s the truth!
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posted on
09/13/2026 7:57:44 AM PDT
by
Ditto
To: Ezekiel
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posted on
09/13/2026 9:25:25 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
The ‘weird’ is the tell, but few ever catch on!
😁 🌞 😎
(Astronomy Picture of the Day - Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun)
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posted on
09/14/2026 5:00:33 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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