(Every day until Christmas, I’ll be posting a science-related image.)
Day 10
![The Apollo 11 landing site, as seen from Moon orbit by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). Let what you’re seeing sink in for a moment: the image includes the base of the Lunar Module, the camera they left behind on the Moon’s surface, and the actual tracks left by Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. [Credit: NASA/U. of Arizona]](https://sciencevspseudoscience.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/apollo_11.jpg?w=500&h=500)
The Apollo 11 landing site, as seen from Moon orbit by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). Let what you’re seeing sink in for a moment: the image includes the base of the Lunar Module, the camera they left behind on the Moon’s surface, and the actual tracks left by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. You can also see the LRRR, part of an experiment important to my own area of research. [Credit: NASA/U. of Arizona]
The image above is of the Apollo 11 landing site, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), in the process of mapping the Moon’s surface in exquisite detail. This particular photo was taken from a height of 24 kilometers (15 miles), and the detail is amazing. I recommend that you view this image at full resolution: you can literally see the footprints of the astronauts, the LRRR, the camera they left behind, and other minute details of the first foray onto the surface of another world.