美国号与宁静海

2024年1月17日

America and the Sea of Serenity
Image Credit & Copyright: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne

Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view of another world. 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 (AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466) captured from his vantage point on board the Lunar Module Challenger as he and Dr. Harrison Schmitt flew over Apollo 17’s landing site in the Taurus-Littrow Valley. The broad, sunlit face of the mountain dubbed South Massif rises near the center of the frame, above the dark floor of Taurus-Littrow to its left. Piloted by Ron Evans, the Command Module America is visible in orbit in the foreground against the South Massif’s peak. Beyond the mountains, toward the lunar limb, lies the Moon’s Mare Serenitatis. Four astronauts will venture around the Moon and back again on the Artemis II mission, scheduled for launch no earlier than September 2025.

Tomorrow’s picture: geomagnetic stormy weather

美国号与宁静海
影像提供与版权: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; 立体影像制作 Patrick Vantuyne

说明: 请取出你的红/蓝眼镜，来观赏这幅呈现另一颗天体的精采立体图。这片景观是由阿波罗17号任务指挥官色南，摄于1972年12月11日，时值降落月表的前一个绕月轨道。这张立体影像组合自二张照片（AS17-147-22465、AS17-147-22466）；拍照时，他和施密特博士位于挑战号登月舱内，正好飞越阿波罗17号在金牛-利特罗峡谷内的预订着陆点之上方。在这片视野的中心处，受阳光照耀的宽广山头名为南方高地 (South Massif)，而它左方则是谷底部分隐没在暗影里的金牛-利特罗峡谷。位于影像前景、在绕月轨道上、由艾文斯所驾驶的美国号指挥舱，刚好出现在南方高地的顶峰上方。而在山头的后方，月球临边的附近，则可见到宁静海。预定在2025年9月之后，会有阿尔忒弥斯2号任务的4位太空人，在发射升空、绕行月球之后返回地球。

明日的图片: geomagnetic stormy weather