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Moon Description

Title

Moon Description

Subject

Moon orbit

Description

Audio clip of David Scott description lunar topography from orbit.

Creator

NASA

Source

https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap15fj/10a-day4_lunar_orbit1+2.html

Publisher

NASA

Date

July 29, 1971

Format

Audio

Language

English

Identifier

Primary Sources

UUID

c9d1212a-8b87-4c46-8584-8316fa0a8179

Transcription

079:13:57 Scott: And Houston. We're over Mare Crisium at the present time, and the sights are really striking. I guess some of the interesting things we've noticed is the variation in albedo from white to dark gray with many variations of gray in between. And many times, this albedo change appears without any significant change in topography, other than perhaps a - a mountain ridge or a chain or a wrinkle ridge or something, but there are many vari - variations in the albedo all over the surface. I guess our general consensus is that it's gray. We haven't noticed any brown yet.

Original Format


Duration

0:54 min.

Timestamp

079:13:57

Collection

Exploration

Tags

David R. Scott, Lunar Geography, lunar orbit, lunar topography

Citation

NASA, “Moon Description,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed June 25, 2025, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/1.

Output Formats

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  • omeka-xml

Project Partners

Tracy L. Scott, Ph.D. (Associate Teaching Professor in Sociology at Emory University)

Col. David R. Scott

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