Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2019 July 13

                               The Eagle Rises
    Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA - Stereo Image Copyright: John Kaufmann
                                   (ALSJ)

   Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo
   view from lunar orbit. The 3D anaglyph was created from two photographs
   (AS11-44-6633, AS11-44-6634) taken by astronaut Michael Collins during
   the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It features the lunar module ascent stage,
   dubbed The Eagle, rising to meet the command module in lunar orbit on
   July 21. Aboard the ascent stage are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
   the first to walk on the Moon. The smooth, dark area on the lunar
   surface is Mare Smythii located just below the equator on the extreme
   eastern edge of the Moon's near side. Poised beyond the lunar horizon
   is our fair planet Earth.

                      Tomorrow's picture: eagle glowing
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