Apollo 11 Landing Panorama
Explanation:
Have you seen
a
panorama from
another world lately?
Assembled from
high-resolution scans
of the original film frames, this one sweeps across
the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site
on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility.
The images were taken 55 years ago by
Neil Armstrong
looking out his window on the Eagle Lunar Module
shortly after the
July 20, 1969 landing.
The frame at the far left (
AS11-37-5449)
is the first picture taken by a person on another world.
Thruster nozzles can be seen in the
foreground on the left (toward the south), while
at the right (west), the shadow of the Eagle is visible.
For scale, the large, shallow crater on the right
has a diameter of about 12 meters.
Frames taken from the Lunar Module windows about an
hour and a half after landing, before
walking on the lunar surface,
were intended to document the landing site in case
an early departure was necessary.
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.
