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Landing Site, Aerial View

Title

Landing Site, Aerial View

Subject

Landing Site

Description

Aerial photo of the Apollo 15 landing site, including the lunar module. From a sequence of images taken by the metric camera on Endeavor during its 16th orbit, just over 100km above the surface. Note that vertical dimensions are somewhat exaggerated from this angle.

Creator

NASA

Source

Apollo 15 Map and Image Library

Publisher

NASA

Date

July 31, 1971

Rights

Public Domain

Format

PNG; 4048 x 4048

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Primary Sources

Coverage

Landing Site

UUID

0b9618e1-eed7-4b12-b416-9b54890506ac

Original Format

Photo, black and white, mapping/metric camera.

Timestamp

02:12:48

Image URL

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/AS15-M-0414_MED.png

Source URL

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/images15.html

NASA Image ID

as15-m-0414

Collection

Exploration

Tags

aerial photo, Hadley Rille, Hadley-Apennine, landing, Lunar Geography, lunar orbit, lunar surface, lunar topography, mapping camera, Moon, Mt. Hadley, Mt. Hadley Delta, solo orbital operations

Citation

NASA, “Landing Site, Aerial View,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed May 8, 2025, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/207.

Output Formats

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  • dcmes-xml
  • json
  • 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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