Apollo 17 1080 resolution ...Eugene Cernan takes Harrison Schmitt picture from a distance

[Ichingcarpenter]

Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater

Image Credit: Apollo 17 Crew, NASA

Explanation: In December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. This sharp image was taken by Cernan as he and Schmitt roamed the valley floor. The image shows Schmitt on the left with the lunar rover at the edge of Shorty Crater, near the spot where geologist Schmitt discovered orange lunar soil. The Apollo 17 crew returned with 110 kilograms of rock and soil samples, more than was returned from any of the other lunar landing sites. Now forty years later, Cernan and Schmitt are still the last to walk on the Moon.

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[msongs]

1. except for the black sky it looks so...ordinary nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Stanley Kubrick had problems with his matte painter

at Shepperton Studios that day

[lastlib]

2. When will our short-sighted politicians stop cutting the programs that give us these images??!?

. . . . . .

[CanonRay]

3. Eugene Cernan...the most famous graduate of my high school

We haven't had too many distinguished graduates.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Thanks...nt