Moon Description
Title
Moon Description
Subject
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
Language
English
Identifier
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
Citation
NASA, “Moon Description,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed July 7, 2025, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/1.