AS10-31-4534

Lunar orbit photo from Apollo 10. From what I can tell, it looks like a mare region and evidenced by the smooth terrain. A rille is prominent on the left side of the frame. From the shadows, the sun elevation is this location was reasonably high, so given the phase at the time, this area is probably on the far side. I'd guess it was taken with the 250mm telephoto lens provided as it looks like a tighter shot than would be expected from the 80mm f/2.8 to f/22 Zeiss Planar lens. It was probably taken on the fine-grain black and white negative, although since the Lunar surface is pretty grey anyway, it's tough to tell. I can't say much more because there is precious little information on your average Apollo 70mm photo. It's nice though.

Images courtesy of LPI.

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Well, I agree it looks like a mare. But if that's the case, odds are pretty small that it's a farside location.

Any idea how big the field of view is? If we don't know for sure what lens was used, I guess it may be hard to tell...

One of the goals of Apollo 10 was to get good imagery of landing site candidates 2 (the one used for Apollo 11) and 3. This could well be one of those, particularly considering the smooth terrain.

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AS08-14-2391

Apollo 8 Lunar orbit photograph showing an earthrise. It was taken with the 80mm lens on Ektachrome colour reversal film (either SO-121 or SO-368 I'm not sure which). There is a low phase angle on the surface so the features are brought out as well as some of the closeup photographs on the magazine using the 250mm lens taken at higher phase angles.

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Glom, this is another good picture revealing the Moon's relatively low albedo. Quite a large swath of the lunar surface is visible and properly exposed, but even so, the relatively tiny Earth is overexposed.

Nice, though.

[Edited to correct an absurd word substitution]

Uh, I think you mean albedo. :wink: :wink:

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Indeed I do, thanks ops:

Both images are clearly faked and you can't prove me wrong however, if I could get a bigger version of the earthrise one, that would be a great desktop.

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Hope this is self-explanatory:
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Found the link.

Thanks gethen for yesterday.


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Today's APOD is not so glamorous. Magazine TT of Apollo 16 contains nothing but seven frames of blackness and what at best look like smudges.

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That can't be right - the HBs say that every Apollo photo is perfectly lit and beautifully framed! There must be something wrong here.

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I should say that I pick APPODs by using a random number generator.

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Much in the art world could have an equivalent source.

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AS17-142-21821

Apollo 17 High speed B&W (3401) photo taken with the Zeiss 60mm lens during LEVA-3. This is one frame from the west pan at station 9 south of Henry Crater. The South Massif is seen on the right of the frame.

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There are the remains of a dead eagle lying on its side in the right front corner. Somehow this must be evidence of a fake.

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Ha! You can see where the set meets the backdrop.

:roll: :wink:

I immediately recognised a feature in AS10-31-4534 (post one) because it's one of my favourite sights below the powered descent path of Eagle. The top of the picture is south, and the elongated two-crater feature at bottom center is at about 1 degree north, 27 degrees east. I have always wondered if it's the "head" of a feature the astronauts called sidewinder, because with its associated rille it does look a little like a snake, though more like a sperm. On its left is the crater Maskelyne X, roughly 3.5 km diameter, and at about half the width of the picture again from the right border is crater Armstrong, formerly Sabine E.

AS08-17-2795

Apollo 8 lunar orbit photo. Taken with the 250mm telephoto lens using the Panatomic X intermediate speed B&W film. The low phase angle renders the ground quite featureless.

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Another feature in AS10-31-4534: At top right is a light-coloured patch. This is at about 1 degree south, 26.5 degrees east, and is the northern end of a broken range at the eastern end of the fork in Rimae Hypatia.

There's a white dome in the lower right corner - clearly evidence of alien habitation.

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I like these. Keep 'em coming, Glom.