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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Fri Nov 15 2024 00:19:12

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    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.

                              2024 November 15

                          Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3
     Image Credit: NASA, Apollo 12, Alan Bean - Stereo Image Copyright:
                                 Kevin Frank

   Explanation: Put on your red/blue glasses and gaze across the western
   Ocean of Storms on the surface of the Moon. The 3D anaglyph features
   Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in
   November of 1969. 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 Lunar Module
   Intrepid touched down less than 200 meters (650 feet) away, easy
   moonwalking distance from the robotic Surveyor spacecraft. This stereo
   image was carefully created from two separate pictures (AS12-48-7133,
   AS12-48-7134) captured on the lunar surface. They depict the scene from
   only slightly different viewpoints, approximating the separation
   between human eyes.

                     Tomorrow's picture: Pluto at Night
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