Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 November 23 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Stereo View Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]Apollo 12, [5]Alan Bean - Stereo Image Copyright: [6]Kevin Frank Explanation: [7]Put on your red/blue glasses and gaze across the western [8]Ocean of Storms on the surface of the Moon. The 3D view features Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad [9]visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft 50 years ago in November of 1969. [10]Surveyor 3 had landed at the site on the inside slope of a small crater about 2 1/2 years earlier in April of 1967. Visible on the horizon beyond the far crater wall, Apollo 12's [11]Lunar Module Intrepid touched down less than 200 meters (650 feet) away, easy moonwalking distance from the robotic Surveyor spacecraft. The stereo image was carefully created from two separate pictures [12](AS12-48-7133, AS12-48-7134) taken on the [13]lunar surface. [14]They depict the scene from only slightly different viewpoints, approximating the separation between human eyes. Tomorrow's picture: glasses off __________________________________________________________________ [15]< | [16]Archive | [17]Submissions | [18]Index | [19]Search | [20]Calendar | [21]RSS | [22]Education | [23]About APOD | [24]Discuss | [25]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [26]Robert Nemiroff ([27]MTU) & [28]Jerry Bonnell ([29]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [30]Specific rights apply. [31]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [32]ASD at [33]NASA / [34]GSFC & [35]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1911/KF-ApAn48-7133-4.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/apollo-12/in-depth/ 5. http://www.alanbeangallery.com/ 6. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/ApAnKF.html 7. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-AnaglyphGalleries.html 8. http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/401 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181022.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990408.html 11. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-099C 12. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#7133 13. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ 14. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/KF-ApAn48-7133-4.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191122.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 19. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 24. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=191123 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191124.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 29. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 31. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 32. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 35. http://www.mtu.edu/