Apollo 17: Boulder in Stereo
Credit & Copyright: Apollo 17,
NASA
(Stereo Image by Patrick Vantuyne)
Explanation:
Humans left the Moon
over thirty years ago,
but donning
red-blue glasses (red for the left eye) you can
share this excellent
stereo
perspective view of their last stomping ground.
Recorded by Eugene Cernan,
the scene depicts his fellow astronaut and geologist
Harrison Schmitt next to a large split boulder on the floor of
the narrow Taurus-Littrow valley located at the eastern
edge of the lunar Mare Serenitatis.
Parked nearby, their
lunar rover is
visible beyond the boulder at the right.
During their stay the Apollo 17
astronauts
explored the unusually dark terrain
at the Taurus-Littrow
landing site
and deployed explosives
to test
the internal geology of the Moon.
Apollo 17 returned the most lunar rocks and soil samples
of any
lunar
mission.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
