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| Keywords: Mare Tranquilitatis AS17-M-1647-1653-1659.jpg These are three views of Mare Tranquillitatis on the moon taken by the mapping camera of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 facing south-southwest from an average altitude of 111 km on Revolution 36 of the mission At the left is the east side of Mare Tranquillitatis with the craters Franz bottom right Lyell dark floor right of center and Taruntius upper left The bay of dark mare basalt at left is Sinus Concordiae with islands of older light highland material At right is the crater Cauchy which lies between the Rupes Cauchy and Cauchy rille The center photo shows the central mare with craters Vitruvius lower right and Gardner bottom center At the horizon are lighter highlands at the southern margin of the mare near the Apollo 11 landing site The crater Jansen is visible at the edges of both the center and right photos The right photo shows the western mare with the craters Dawes lower left and the large Plinius 43 km diameter with the Plinius Rilles in the foreground These photos were taken within minutes of each other as the Command Module America orbited the moon The sun elevation drops from 46 degrees at left to 30 degrees at right Apollo 17 Mapping camera images reduced in size by 25 and spliced in Gimp <br>The original images are in the public domain because they are works of the U S Government NASA <br/> Immediate source Lunar and Planetary Institute Apollo Image Atlas<br>Mapping Camera Image Catalog Apollo 17 http //www lpi usra edu/resources/apollo/frame/ AS17-M-1647 AS17-M-1647 http //www lpi usra edu/resources/apollo/frame/ AS17-M-1653 AS17-M-1653 http //www lpi usra edu/resources/apollo/frame/ AS17-M-1659 AS17-M-1659 created 2013 original 1972 James Stuby based on NASA image<br/> Jstuby wikipedia en Cc-zero Original upload log en wikipedia Mare_Tranquilitatis_AS17-M-1647-1653-1659 jpg wikitable - 2013-12-25 21 55 1800×555× 278885 bytes Jstuby These are three views of Mare Tranquilitatis on the moon taken by the mapping camera of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 facing south-southwest from an average altitude of 111 km on Revolution 36 of the mission At Mare Tranquillitatis | ||||
