摄于VIP点的阿波罗17号立体图

2022年12月17日

Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph
Image Credit: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; Anaglyph by Erik van Meijgaarden

Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo scene from Taurus-Littrow valley on the Moon! The color anaglyph features a detailed 3D view of Apollo 17’s Lunar Rover in the foreground — behind it lies the Lunar Module and distant lunar hills. Because the world was going to be able to watch the Lunar Module’s ascent stage liftoff via the rover’s TV camera, this parking place was also known as the VIP Site. Fifty years ago, in December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. The crew returned with 110 kilograms of rock and soil samples, more than from any of the other lunar landing sites. Cernan and Schmitt are still the last to walk (or drive) on the Moon.

Tomorrow’s picture: the brightest stars

摄于VIP点的阿波罗17号立体图
图像提供: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; 立体图制作: Erik van Meijgaarden

说明: 取出你的红/蓝眼镜，来观赏这张来自月亮.金牛-利特罗峡谷的立体景观。这张彩色立体图，细致呈现了阿波罗17号月球车的细致立体景观，背景则是登月舱和远处的月球山丘。由于当时全世界将会观看登月舱顶层升空的情景，所以登月舱停泊之处就称为贵宾（VIP）点。50年前的1972年的12月，阿波罗17号太空人尤金·色南以及哈瑞森·休密特花了大约75小时在月面上，在同一期间，同伙的太空人罗纳德·艾文斯在他们上方的轨道上绕行。这群组员携回了110公斤的月球石头以及土壤样本，数量多于其他月球着陆点。至今，色南以及休密特依旧是最后两位在月球上漫步（或）的太空人。

明日的图片: the brightest stars