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Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 20, 2014 is “Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama,” an image. It is credited to Neil Armstrong , Apollo 11 , NASA. The original explanation runs about 152 words.

Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama
Credit: Neil Armstrong , Apollo 11 , NASA Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility .”

— APOD editors, December 20, 2014

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
December 20, 2014
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: Neil Armstrong , Apollo 11 , NASA
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 152 words

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The MoonApollo program

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Source

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