Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2024 November 15 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]Apollo 12, [5]Alan Bean - Stereo Image Copyright: [6]Kevin Frank Explanation: Put on your [7]red/blue glasses and gaze across the western [8]Ocean of Storms on the surface of the Moon. [9]The 3D anaglyph features Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad [10]visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in November of 1969. [11]Surveyor 3 had landed at the site on the inside slope of a small crater about 2 1/2 years earlier in April of 1967. Visible on the horizon beyond the far crater wall, Apollo 12's [12]Lunar Module Intrepid touched down less than 200 meters (650 feet) away, easy moonwalking distance from the robotic Surveyor spacecraft. This stereo image was carefully created from two separate pictures [13](AS12-48-7133, AS12-48-7134) captured on the [14]lunar surface. They depict the scene from only slightly different viewpoints, approximating the separation between human eyes. Tomorrow's picture: Pluto at Night __________________________________________________________________ [15]< | [16]Archive | [17]Submissions | [18]Index | [19]Search | [20]Calendar | [21]RSS | [22]Education | [23]About APOD | [24]Discuss | [25]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [26]Robert Nemiroff ([27]MTU) & [28]Jerry Bonnell ([29]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [30]Specific rights apply. [31]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [32]ASD at [33]NASA / [34]GSFC, [35]NASA Science Activation & [36]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/KF-ApAn48-7133-4.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/apollo-12/in-depth/ 5. https://www.alanbeangallery.com/ 6. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/ApAnKF.html 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_3D#/media/File:Anaglyph_glasses.png 8. https://www.alanbeangallery.com/tiptoeing-on-the-ocean-of-storms 9. https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a12/A12-Anaglyphs.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181022.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990408.html 12. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-099C 13. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#7133 14. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241114.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 19. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 24. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=241115 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241116.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 29. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 31. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 32. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 35. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 36. http://www.mtu.edu/