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. 2022 December 17 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph Image Credit: [3]Gene Cernan, [4]Apollo 17, [5]NASA; Anaglyph by [6]Erik van Meijgaarden Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo scene from [7]Taurus-Littrow valley on the Moon! The color anaglyph features a detailed 3D view of Apollo 17's [8]Lunar Rover in the foreground -- behind it lies the Lunar Module and distant lunar hills. Because the world was going to be able [9]to watch the [10]Lunar Module's ascent stage liftoff via the rover's TV camera, this [11]parking place was also known as the VIP Site. [12]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 [13]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 [14]are still the last [15]to walk ([16]or drive) [17]on the Moon. Tomorrow's picture: the brightest stars __________________________________________________________________ [18]< | [19]Archive | [20]Submissions | [21]Index | [22]Search | [23]Calendar | [24]RSS | [25]Education | [26]About APOD | [27]Discuss | [28]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell ([32]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [33]Specific rights apply. [34]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [35]ASD at [36]NASA / [37]GSFC, [38]NASA Science Activation & [39]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2212/a17anaglyph_vanMeijgaarden_f.jpg 3. https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/CernanEA/cernanea.htm 4. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html 5. https://www.nasa.gov/ 6. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/ErikvanM.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171124.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040605.html 9. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/videos 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191219.html 11. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/apollo-sites.html 12. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-apollo-17-heads-home-to-earth 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221210.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221201.html 15. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ 16. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/steering-by-landmarks-on-the-moon 17. http://www.alanbeangallery.com/ 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221216.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 27. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=221217 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221218.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 32. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 34. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 38. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 39. http://www.mtu.edu/