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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2024 January 17   
      
                          America and the Sea of Serenity   
        Image Credit & Copyright: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; Anaglyph by   
                                 Patrick Vantuyne   
      
      Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo   
      view of another world. The scene was recorded by Apollo 17 mission   
      commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before   
      descending to land on the Moon. The stereo anaglyph was assembled from   
      two photographs (AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466) captured from his   
      vantage point on board the Lunar Module Challenger as he and Dr.   
      Harrison Schmitt flew over Apollo 17's landing site in the   
      Taurus-Littrow Valley. The broad, sunlit face of the mountain dubbed   
      South Massif rises near the center of the frame, above the dark floor   
      of Taurus-Littrow to its left. Piloted by Ron Evans, the Command Module   
      America is visible in orbit in the foreground against the South   
      Massif's peak. Beyond the mountains, toward the lunar limb, lies the   
      Moon's Mare Serenitatis. Four astronauts will venture around the Moon   
      and back again on the Artemis II mission, scheduled for launch no   
      earlier than September 2025.   
      
                  Tomorrow's picture: geomagnetic stormy weather   
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