2019 July 13
The Eagle Rises
Image Credit:
Apollo 11, NASA -
Stereo Image Copyright:
John Kaufmann (ALSJ)
Explanation:
Get out your
red/blue glasses and
check out this stereo view from lunar orbit.
The 3D
anaglyph
was created from two photographs
(AS11-44-6633,
AS11-44-6634)
taken by astronaut Michael Collins during the 1969
Apollo 11 mission.
It features the lunar module ascent stage, dubbed The Eagle, rising to
meet the command module in lunar orbit on July 21.
Aboard the ascent stage are
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first to
walk on the Moon.
The smooth, dark area on the lunar
surface is Mare Smythii located
just below the equator on the extreme eastern edge of the Moon's
near side.
Poised beyond the lunar horizon is
our fair planet Earth.