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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Title:
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An Apollo 17 Panorama
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An Apollo 17 Panorama
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Explanation:
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What would it be like to stand on the surface of another world, to look all around you, and to try to figure out how this world got there? To get an idea, scroll right. In 1972 during the Apollo 17 [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] mission, astronauts Harrison Schmitt [ http://www.astronau…] and Eugene Cernan [ http://www.astronau…] found out first hand. In this case, the world was Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s own Moon [ http://www.nineplan…]. In one of the more famous panoramas taken on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the magnificent desolation [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the barren Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is apparent. Visible are rocks [ http://curator.jsc.…], hills [ http://www.lpi.usra…], craters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the lunar rover [ http://www-sn.jsc.n…], and astronaut Schmitt preparing to take a soil sample [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. A few days after this image [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] was taken, humanity left the Moon [ http://curator.jsc.…] and has yet to return. An interactive version of the above image can be found here [ http://www.hq.nasa.…].
Explanation
What would it be like to stand on the surface of another world, to look all around you, and to try to figure out how this world got there? To get an idea, scroll right. In 1972 during the Apollo 17 [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] mission, astronauts Harrison Schmitt [ http://www.astronau…] and Eugene Cernan [ http://www.astronau…] found out first hand. In this case, the world was Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s own Moon [ http://www.nineplan…]. In one of the more famous panoramas taken on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the magnificent desolation [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the barren Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is apparent. Visible are rocks [ http://curator.jsc.…], hills [ http://www.lpi.usra…], craters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the lunar rover [ http://www-sn.jsc.n…], and astronaut Schmitt preparing to take a soil sample [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. A few days after this image [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] was taken, humanity left the Moon [ http://curator.jsc.…] and has yet to return. An interactive version of the above image can be found here [ http://www.hq.nasa.…]. Explanation
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Credit and Copyright:
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Credit_and_Copyright
Credit and Copyright
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keyword:
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Apollo 17
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Apollo 17
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keyword:
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panorama
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Harrison Schmitt
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Harrison Schmitt
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1972
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1972
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Earth
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Earth
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Moon
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Moon
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Apollo 17
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Apollo 17
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1972
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1972
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original url:
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original url
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UID:
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SPD-APOD-ap020128
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SPD-APOD-ap020128
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