NASA Photo ID: S72-54413           File Name: 10075897.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 12/12/72
Title: Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location
Description:
A vertical view of the Taurus-Littrow landing area photographed on an
earlier  Apollo mission from lunar orbit. The mission photograph is
surrounded on all  sides by a computer-generated 360-degree panorama of the
region as seen by an  observer at the nominal Apollo 17 Lunar Module
Landing site. The 360-degree  panorama is divided into four sections,
north-east-south-west. Each section  includes an overlap of about 15
degrees with each adjacent section. The  observer's eye level is 1.8 meters
above the surface. The features on the  panorama were marked by an overlay
on the photograph. The panoramic scene was  generated by processing a
digitized form of the U.S. Army TOPCOM compilation  of the terrain contours
in the Taurus-Littrow landing area.            
Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
LUNAR LANDING SITES                     
LUNAR MAPS                              
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
MOSAICS                                 

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