Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph
Explanation:
Get out your red/blue glasses
and
check out this
stereo scene from Taurus-Littrow valley on the Moon!
The color
anaglyph
features a
detailed 3D view of
Apollo 17's
Lunar Rover
in the foreground -- behind it lies
the Lunar Module and distant lunar hills.
Because the world was
going to be able
to watch
the
Lunar Module's
ascent stage liftoff via the rover's TV camera,
this
parking place was also known as
the
VIP Site.
In December
of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison
Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon, while colleague Ronald Evans
orbited overhead.
The crew returned with 110 kilograms of
rock and soil samples,
more than from any of the other lunar landing sites.
Cernan and Schmitt are still the last
to walk (or drive)
on the Moon.
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.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
