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                               2020 January 17
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                  Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
   [3]Gene Cernan, [4]Apollo 17, [5]NASA; Anaglyph by [6]Patrick Vantuyne

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

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