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Oblique view of lunar nearside near northeast edge of Ocean of Storms
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Oblique view of lunar nearside near northeast edge of Ocean of Storms

AS15-88-12002 (31 July-2 Aug. 1971) --- An oblique view of a portion of the lunar nearside located near the northeast edge of the Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum), photographed by astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, from the Apollo 15 spacecraft in lunar orbit, showing the bright-appearing crater Aristarchus on the left, the crater Herodotus on the right, and Schroter's Valley at lower right. This view is looking southward. Aristarchus the head of Schroter's Valley, a sinuous rille in the Aristarchus Plateau, is called Cobra Head. The coordinates of the center of Aristarchus crater are 47.5 degrees west longitude and 23.6 degrees north latitude. While Worden remained in the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit, astronauts David R. Scott, commander; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Falcon" to explore the moon.

Date
1971-07-31
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Oblique view of lunar nearside near northeast edge of Ocean of Storms" (1971-07-31). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/as15-88-12002

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