Buzz Aldrin [ http://ees5-www.lan…], Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot and the second human to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] described the lunar landscape as "a magnificent desolation". Dramatic pictures from the Apollo missions to the moon's surface [ http://ees5-www.lan…] testify to this apt turn of phrase. Near the Apollo 17 landing site, Family Mountain (center background) and the edge of South Massif (left) frame the lunarscape in this photo [ http://images.jsc.n…] of astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://ees5-www.lan…] working alongside the lunar roving vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Schmitt and fellow astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://ees5-www.lan…] were the last to walk on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] this magnificent desolation.
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Buzz Aldrin [ http://ees5-www.lan…], Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot and the second human to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] described the lunar landscape as "a magnificent desolation". Dramatic pictures from the Apollo missions to the moon's surface [ http://ees5-www.lan…] testify to this apt turn of phrase. Near the Apollo 17 landing site, Family Mountain (center background) and the edge of South Massif (left) frame the lunarscape in this photo [ http://images.jsc.n…] of astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://ees5-www.lan…] working alongside the lunar roving vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Schmitt and fellow astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://ees5-www.lan…] were the last to walk on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] this magnificent desolation.
