The Eagle Rises
Explanation:
Get out your
red/blue glasses and
check out
this remarkable stereo view from lunar orbit.
Created from two photographs
(
AS11-44-6633,
AS11-44-6634)
taken by astronaut Michael Collins during the 1969
Apollo 11 mission, the 3D
anaglyph
features the lunar module ascent stage, dubbed The Eagle, as it rises to
meet the command module in lunar orbit on July 21.
Aboard the
ascent stage are
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first to
walk on the Moon.
The smooth,
dark area on the lunar
surface is Mare Smythii located
just below the equator on the extreme eastern edge of the Moon's
near side.
Poised beyond the lunar horizon, is our
fair planet Earth.
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.
