YT: The twists and turns of the last tracks left by humans on the moon crisscross the surface in this Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) image of the Apollo 12, 14, and 17 sites released by NASA September 6, 2011.
In the thin lunar soil, the trails made by astronauts on foot can be easily distinguished from the dual tracks left by the lunar roving vehicle, or LRV. Also seen in this image are the descent stage of the Challenger lunar module and the LRV, parked to the east.
The LRV gave the Apollo 17 astronauts, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, considerable mobility. As in previous Apollo missions, the astronauts set up the lunar monitoring equipment known as the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), the details of which varied from mission to mission. To the west of the landing site, the cross-shaped path that the astronauts made as they set up the geophones to monitor seismic activity can be seen.
To the east, more rover tracks can be seen. Cernan made these when he laid out the 35-meter antennas for the Surface Electrical Properties, or SEP, experiment. SEP, a separate investigation from ALSEP, characterized the electrical properties of the lunar soil.
Below the SEP experiment is where the astronauts parked the rover, in a prime spot to shoot video of the liftoff of the Challenger module.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/ASU
9 Comments
ponceleonsays...Where is Marbles to tell us this is all fabricated and just part of the 9/11 conspiracy?
Boise_Libjokingly says...Pre-release hype for the movie Apollo 18
>> ^ponceleon:
Where is Marbles to tell us this is all fabricated and just part of the 9/11 conspiracy?
Boise_Libsays...Wow--on Apollo 12 they only had a little pull-cart--they made a lot of tracks.
This is soooo cool.
Lendljokingly says...It's amazing what Photoshop can do nowadays
Yogisays...I want MORE! Gimme more pics of mankind's greatest achievement!
quantumushroomsays...Here it is!
>> ^Yogi:
I want MORE! Gimme more pics of mankind's greatest achievement!
EvilDeathBeejokingly says...>> ^ponceleon:
Where is Marbles to tell us this is all fabricated and just part of the 9/11 conspiracy?
They're really devoted to this charade, creating more "evidence" just to try and support this conspiracy from 50 years ago. You'd think they wouldn't bother anymore
hpqpjokingly says...*Liez! *Cunspiruhcy! Form a MOON-TRUTH committee comprised of photoshop experts to debunk this Big Guv'mint propaganda ASAP!!!!
shagen454says...Damn litterbugs!
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