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July 30, 1971 |
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July 30, 1971 |
NE part of Rukl Section 22
| The chart above is the NE quadrant of Section 22. Near the foot of the 500 m (15,000') high Apennine Mountain range (the largest mountain range on the Moon), Apollo 15 landed. The 22-km crater, Conon, at the bottom of the chart is where the Section got its name. |
RGB Stereo view of the Apollo 15 Landing Site
(requires 3-D glasses)
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RGB stereo image
| The Apollo 15 landing site (green cross) is located on the relatively smooth Hadley Delta, a smooth plain of basaltic lava east of Hadley Rille (the sinuous channel like depression). To the east of Hadley Delta are the lunar Montes Apennines, an arc of rugged massifs that forms the rim of the Imbrium impact basin. These views (portions of Mapping Camera frames AS15-585 and 587) measure ~65 kilometers from top to bottom. North is up. This stereo pair has a base/height ratio of ~0.63, and a vertical exaggeration of ~3. Topographic relief of the mountains in this scene is ~4450 meters, similar to that of the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. |
Lunar Orbiter Images
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spacecraft landed, go to: Section Directory 22 |
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This web page was created by Francis Ridge for The Lunascan Project
