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.
Fifty
years ago,
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.
