The past and future Moon

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Jul 8, 2008 12:02 AMNov 5, 2019 7:08 AM

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For some reason, Boston.com has been putting gorgeous, hi-res images online from various subjects. Their latest is a series of pix from Apollo as well as NASA's testing of future lunar vehicles. The pictures are splashy and beautiful! My favorite is this one:

I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the anonymous visor, or the cheap camera tied with string around the surrogate astronaut's neck. I dunno, but it's still really cool. Tip o' the anonymous spacesuit visor to the many folks who sent this to me!

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