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Old March 28th 07, 03:25 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy,sci.astro.amateur
Claudio Grondi
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Default Alpine shadows and the Apollo 15 landing site

Pete Lawrence wrote:
Hi all,

Here are a couple of shots taken from the 26th March. The first is of
some dramatic alpine shadows together with the Vallis Alpes...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/lunar/2...llis_alpes.jpg

The second is of the Hadley Rille region on the Moon, which is where
Apollo 15 landed...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/lunar/2...mae-Hadley.jpg

Digging around, I came up with an interesting shot of the site taken
from lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission. The orientation and
lighting are not too dissimilar.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...dley_Rille.jpg

Excellent pictures! Thanks for sharing them.

Sorry for this question (hope not to attract trolling replies here), but
do you think, that with better equipment and a series of pictures it
were possible to obtain the last picture with its details also from the
Earth surface?

Claudio Grondi