Apollo 12: Stereo View Near Surveyor Crater
Explanation:
This weekend's
stereo
picture finds
Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad
standing on the
lunar surface near
the southern rim of Surveyor
Crater in November of 1969.
With red/blue glasses
you
can gaze beyond
the spacesuited Conrad across
the magnificent desolation
of the Moon's
Ocean of Storms.
Conrad stands next to large chunks of loose rock, debris from the small
impact crater.
A sampling scoop is in his right hand and a specially designed
tool carrier rests by his left foot as he poses for the picture.
His photographer, fellow astronaut Al Bean, captured two separate
images (cataloged as AS12-49-7318 and AS12-49-7319) by doing
something like a
stereo "cha-cha" ... taking the first picture
while resting his weight on his right foot
and the second after shifting to his left.
With the first tinted blue and second red, the pair of pictures
were offset and combined to create a 3D
anaglyph.
Donning
red/blue glasses allows
the result to be viewed with
stereo vision.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
