      APOD: 2018 February 23 - Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit

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                               2018 February 23
                                      [2]
                  Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
Image Credit: Gene Cernan [3] , Apollo 17 [4] , NASA [5] ; Anaglyph by Patrick
                                 Vantuyne [6]

Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses [7]  and check out this awesome
stereo view of another world. The scene was recorded [8] by Apollo 17 mission
commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before descending to
land on the Moon. The stereo anaglyph was assembled from two photographs (
AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466 [9] ) captured from his vantage point on board
the Lunar Module [10]  Challenger as he and Dr. Harrison Schmitt flew over
Apollo 17's landing site [11]  in the Taurus-Littrow Valley [12] . The broad,
sunlit face of the mountain dubbed South Massif rises near the center of the
frame [13] , above the dark floor of Taurus-Littrow to its left. Beyond the
mountains, toward the lunar limb, lies the Moon's Mare Serenitatis [14] .
Piloted by Ron Evans, the Command Module America is visible in orbit in the
foreground against the South Massif's peak [15] .

                  Tomorrow's picture: Galactic Fireworks [16]

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