21 abril 2015

surface of the moon, photographed by ranger 9, 24th march...

By: vivian on terça-feira, abril 21, 2015


surface of the moon, photographed by ranger 9, 24th march 1965.

10 frames, centred on 15°s 5°w; the eastern shore of the mare nubium (the sea of clouds). the larged peaked crater at right is alphonsus; the smaller one below and right is alpetragius.

the ranger probes were lunar impactors which transmitted photographs during their descent to the surface. ranger 9 crashed inside alphonsus crater 4 minutes after the last image in this sequence was taken.

image credit: nasa, c/o lpi. animation: ageofdestruction.

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