Before the Moon and Walking on the Moon (partially edited)
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10-A-Tsiolkovsky Crater.jpgTsiolkovsky Crater on the far-side of the Moon132 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Lunar Orbiter 3 view of Tsiolkovsky crater and the southern zone of the western far side of the Moon. The approximately 240 Km crater at the upper center of the image is located at 20° S, 130° E and exhibits a flat, dark infilled floor and prominent central peak. The circular feature at the very bottom of the image is Planck Crater, at 55° S, 130° E. This image is upside down from the original so that North is up. A high resolution view of the crater is shown in L03-121-H1 (LO 3, frame M-121)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1967-02-19 T 19:22
Distance/Range (km): 1500
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -24.15/126.59
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11-Earth and Moon.jpgCrescent Earth and a partly illuminated far-side of the Moon from Lunar Orbiter 4192 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Lunar Orbiter 4 photograph showing a crescent Earth and partly illuminated Moon. The lunar sunset terminator is at 140° E and runs through the large dark-floored crater Tsiolkovsky, about 240 Km diameter towards the bottom of the Moon. The part of the Moon visible in this image is the western far side. North is at 1:00. The frame has been turned upside down to give the correct orientation (Lunar Orbiter 4, frame M-123)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1967-05-19 T 23:27:54
Distance/Range (km): 6151
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +1.13/168.38
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12-Davy Crater Chain.jpgThe "Davy Crater Chain" from Lunar Orbiter 4 - A comet impact?106 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Lunar Orbiter 4 image of the Davy Crater Chain on the Moon. The chain stretches from Davy Y at left to the large, bright Davy G (diameter 15 Km). Note the even spacing of the craters. The chain may be the result of secondary impacts, volcanic activity, or an impactor which broke apart shortly before impact, similar to Comet Shoemaker/Levy 9 on Jupiter. North is up (Lunar Orbiter 4, frame 108-H2)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1967-05-18 T 17:16:51
Distance/Range (km): 2719
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -14.26/357.64
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13-Flamsteed Crater.jpgFlamsteed Crater and Oceanus Procellarum67 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Lunar Orbiter 4 image showing the 20 Km Flamsteed Crater on the Moon. Flamsteed is the large crater near the bottom of the image. A broken ring of bright ridges, probably the rim of an older crater nearly covered by the later Oceanus Procellarum mare basalts, can be seen. The ring is about 100 Km in diameter, and a concentric wrinkle ridge is evident within the ring. The Surveyor 1 spacecraft landed in the upper right portion of the ring. North is up (Lunar Orbiter 4, frame 143-H2)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1967-05-21 T 17:28:22
Distance/Range (km): 2719
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -14.30/318.59
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14-Peirce Crater-LO4.jpgPeirce Crater124 visiteCrateri (piccoli e geologicamente giovani) all'interno di un cratere (grande ed antico): questo, in pochissime e semplici parole, è quanto ci mostra ad una prima e superficiale occhiata il Cratere Peirce - immortalato nella sua curiosa forma e grande bellezza in questo frame d'epoca (Lunar Orbiter 4 - 1967). Da notare anche i "gradoni" che sembrano caratterizzare il suo versante Nord (come ricollegarli ad una meccanica formativa da impatto?) ed i modesti dossi - knobs e collinette, si direbbe - che intravediamo in area centrale e verso Sud, Sud-Est.
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14-Vallis Schroteri.jpgVallis Schroteri and Schiaparelli Crater69 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Lunar Orbiter 4 image showing Vallis Schroteri, the sinuous valley at the upper right. The large crater at the lower left is Schiaparelli, approximately 22 Km across. The very edge of Heredotus crater can be seen at the middle right of the frame, and the small crater towards the lower right is Herodotus-A. North is up (Lunar Orbiter 4, frame 157-H3)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1967-05-22 T 18:01:16
Distance/Range (km): 2670
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +13.36/303.73
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15-Rima Hadley.jpg"Hadley Rille" from Lunar Orbiter 5 (HR)103 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Lunar Orbiter 5 view of Hadley Rille (Rima Hadley) on the Moon. This high-resolution view of the V-shaped valley clearly shows blocks along the walls and at the bottom. The sides slope at about 20° and the rille is 1 to 1,5 Km from rim to rim. Apollo 15 landed about 2 Km from the rim of Hadley Rille and explored it in detail. North is up. This is a detail from the lower left corner of frame H3. The medium resolution, regional view is shown in frame lo5_m105 (Lunar Orbiter 5, frame 105-H3)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1967-08-14 T 12:41
Distance/Range (km): 132
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +25.09/002.95
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15-S-Aristarchus Crater-3D.jpgAristarchus Crater, from Lunar Orbiter 5 (3D)88 visiteUno splendido frame, arricchito dalla tridimensionalità , per uno dei crateri più belli e misteriosi della nostra Luna.
Da vedere con attenzione.
Original caption:"Stereoscopic view of the crater Aristarchus, 40 km across and about 3.6 km deep. The floor is partially covered with material that slumped down the walls; its eastern portion (toward the top of the page), being least covered by this material, is the lowest and smoothest part. A long narrow central peak rises 300 meters above the floor. Note the terracing of the inner crater walls and also the elevation of the rim crest above the outer ejecta blanket".
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15-T-SchroteriVallis.jpgSchroteri Valley, from Lunar Orbiter 5 (3D)89 visiteOriginal caption:"Stereoscopic view of a part of Schroter's Valley, the meandering depression running from the upper right to the lower left corner of the anaglyph. This rille is about 7 Km wide and up to 1300 m deep. Within its flat floor is a second, sinuous rille whose tightly packed meandor loops are about 200 m deeper. The ridge that is seen in the upper left portion of the photograph is about 1600 m higher than the plateau surface into which the Valley is cut".
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15-U-Tobias.jpgTobias Mayer Crater, from Lunar Orbiter 5 (3D)89 visiteOriginal caption:"Stereoscopic view of an area sw of the Crater Tobias Mayer in Oceanus Procellarum. The highland ridge in the middle portion of the anaglyph is about 35 Km long and 2 Km high. A smooth mare dome abuts the western flank of the ridge. The dome is about 20 Km in diameter and exhibits an elongate summit crater, about 5 Km long.
A sinuous rille meanders across the lower part of the photograph, detouring around the base of the dome. Note the presence of several crater chains in the lower half and a large highland mass at upper left".
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15-V-Parry.jpgFrà Mauro, Parry and Bonpland Crater, from Lunar Orbiter 5 (3D)81 visiteOriginal caption:"Stereoscopic view of 3 adjoining craters; Frà Mauro to the North (left), Parry (upper right) and Bonpland (lower right). The area where the 3 rims meet is about 1200 meters higher than the crater floors. The two linear rilles form a "V" whose apex is at the left edge of the photograph. They dissect the crater floors and rims alike. The more westerly rille is bordered on the West (near the center of the anaglyph) by a chain of domes. The adjacent areas of the rille is nearly filled with dark, smooth material that appears to have come from the domes".
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16-Vitello Crater.jpgRolling Boulders and the "Gravity Wasting" process inside Vitello Crater117 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Lunar Orbiter 5 image of a boulder (just right of center) which has rolled and slid down a slope and left a trail on the Moon's surface. This is within the Crater Vitello and demonstrates the small role that such processes, called "gravity wasting", have on the Lunar Surface. The main source of surface modification on the Moon is meteorite and micrometeorite bombardment. North is up (Lunar Orbiter 5, frame 168-H2)".
Un piccolo promemoria: questa immagine è stata impropriamente usata per "sostanziare" la presenza di attività controllate (e dunque di origine NON naturale) sulla Luna (vedi "Qualcun altro è sulla Luna" di George H. Leonard ). Un nostro consiglio: tentate di studiare e di verificare SEMPRE prima di credere!
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1967-08-17 T 04:04:40
Distance/Range (km): 172
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -30.54,322.40
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