Why does an amateur astronomer take better pictures of the moon, sun and planets than NASA and all official observatories? The most incredible photos of the moon that will take your breath away.
The Moon is the cosmic object closest to Earth, which has always aroused incredible interest among different generations of humanity, starting from ancient times. People have always looked at the Moon with a certain bewitching mystery and tried to unravel its secrets. At the same time, they themselves composed myths and legends about her.
The Moon turned out to be the first celestial body on which man set foot after the Earth. With the beginning space age people have given up all their efforts to learn as much as possible about the Earth's satellite. And each new expedition to the Moon brings with it new discoveries. But even despite this, interest in this object has not diminished in any way. The more people learn new things about the Moon, the more mysteries this information carries.
We will also not be able to unravel the secrets of the celestial body closest to us, but thanks to the numerous photographs that astronauts and scientists managed to take, we will be able to discover the Moon from a new side. Few have been able to see these incredible photographs, but today we invite you to take a look at these unique landscapes, the center of which is the mysterious beauty Moon.
First human leg set foot on the Moon in 1969 Eight years after Gagarin made his first space flight in human history, a human foot set foot on the surface of the Moon for the first time.
Humanity owes these scientific achievements in the field of space exploration in the last century to the so-called “Cold War”, which began after the end of World War II.
Crater on the Moon The political competition between East and West on the world stage has significantly accelerated the process of human space exploration. Otherwise, perhaps these significant events would have happened a little later.
Apollo 11 Expedition (1969) But July 1969 came, and the United States spacecraft Apollo 11 found itself in lunar orbit.
The first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, filmed the exit of another crew member Aldrin Among the crew members who first landed on the lunar surface were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
Apollo 11 Expedition - July 20, 1969 First successful landing on the Moon The biggest problem in this case turned out to be landing. But on the evening of July 20, millions of people on Earth could watch on television as spaceship captain Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the Moon.
The first image of the lunar surface after landing In his address to earthlings, the astronaut said that this small step of his to the Moon is huge for all of humanity.
After some time, the first banner from planet Earth appears on the Moon - state flag USA.
Man's first step on the surface of the Moon After that, the remaining crew members landed on the surface of the Moon and spent another two and a half hours exploring its surface, photographing and collecting samples of lunar soil.
Footprint of one of the astronauts in the lunar soil Over the next three and a half years, 10 astronauts will follow in their footsteps.
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin on the surface of the Moon. One is posing, the other is taking pictures Gene Chernan, commander of the final Apollo mission, leaves the lunar surface with these words: “We leave when we came, and, willing to God, we will return with peace and hope for all mankind.”
Edwin Aldrin installs solar wind collector screen For the first time, photographs of the Apollo team expedition were posted on the NASA website in 2015.
Before this, photos of the lunar program were not publicly available. The Apollo program ran from 1961 to 1975, during which time 11 missions were launched to the Moon, in which living people were participants.
Edwin Aldrin deploys a seismometer Only 6 of them managed to land on the Earth's satellite. The most successful expeditions were Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17.
Soil samples are taken Apollo 13 almost had an accident, so all crew members were sent back to Earth using the escape module.
Edwin Aldrin poses next to the flag 
The second Apollo 12 expedition flew to the Moon to find the Surveyor 3 lander, which NASA experts had landed on the Earth's satellite 2 years earlier.
View of the Moon's surface from the lander's window Scientists were interested in what happens to objects when they stay on the Moon for a long time.
Apollo 12 crew commander Charles Conrad near Surveyor 3 The astronauts found the flying vehicle and removed some parts from it to take with them to Earth for further research.
The Lunar Car arrived on the Moon with members of the Apollo 15 crew. During the fourth lunar landing on July 30, 1971, the Apollo 15 expedition stayed on the Moon for three days and used a lunar vehicle for the first time.
Apollo 15 crew member installing equipment on the Moon Crew members David Scott and James Irwin went to the surface of the Moon three times to conduct surface studies.
In total, their time outside the ship was 18.5 hours. And the astronauts then drove 28 kilometers on the lunar car, leaving traces on the surface.
Lunar car This miracle of earthly technology, invented by Boeing designers, could reach speeds of up to 13 km/h. The lunar vehicle was powered by electric batteries.
Traces from the wheels of a lunar car Only the astronauts could not accelerate at full speed, because a car on the Moon became 6 times lighter compared to its weight on Earth. Due to lunar gravity, at speeds over 10 km/h, the car was thrown high on uneven surfaces.
Apollo 16 Moon landing 
This was the Apollo 16 mission, which was lucky enough to “park” in the flat mountainous terrain of the Earth’s satellite.
Photos of craters on the surface of the Moon The last expedition of the lunar program, Apollo 17, landed on the Moon on December 11, 1972 and turned out to be the longest of all.
Apollo 17 crew members work on the lunar surface This time the astronauts were quite brave, walking on the surface of the earth's satellite.
Collecting soil on the Moon And with the help of the lunarmobile, they were able to move far from their spacecraft and sink to the bottom of the craters.
Lunar landscape, 1972 These people were very lucky: they saw the craters with their own eyes, and not like the rest of the inhabitants of planet Earth - through a telescope.
While on the Moon, the Apollo 17 crew members completed a special mission: they drilled several wells in the Moon and planted explosives there.
After the astronauts went home, the explosives were detonated.
In this way, scientists were able to measure the speed of propagation of seismic waves on the Moon.
In addition, the astronauts took home a large number of samples of lunar soil, and in general the last expedition became the most productive of all the previous ones.
The Apollo mission ended successfully back in the 70s of the last century. Is there any point in going to the moon again? Find the answer to this question further in our material.
These pictures were taken during all the successful expeditions to the Moon, which took place about half a century ago. Then the astronauts filmed the surface and landscapes of the Moon.
Since the beginning of 2018, the International Space Agency NASA has launched a new campaign in its activities, which concerns the study of the lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon itself.
Scientists have developed whole program additional study of the satellite of our planet, within the framework of which certain goals were set regarding human flights to the Moon and back, flights from the Moon to Mars.
Of course, such a project can be brought to life in a short time simply impossible, so it is designed for several years to come.
NASA's exploration campaign includes programs to study low-Earth orbit, orbit around the Moon and its surface, and distant places including Mars.
To do this, scientists work closely with large US industrial companies and international partners who own the innovative capabilities of science and technology and can support NASA astronaut expeditions.
Thanks to the first lunar exploration missions, we have unique photographs, the value of which is difficult to exaggerate today.
Lunar transit
On September 9, NASA observatory scientists observed two solar transits as the Moon passed in front of the Sun. This phenomenon occurs when a celestial body passes between a large body and an observer. The first lunar transit lasted one hour, from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm EST, and obscured 92 percent of the Sun at the peak of its journey. The second transit occurred several hours later at 9:52 pm and lasted a total of 49 minutes, ending at 10:41 pm ET. This transit obscured only 34% of the Sun at its peak.
In this image, which was prepared by observatory scientists, you can see very interesting picture. At first the Moon seems to go in one direction, and then changes its path in the opposite side to pass by the Moon again. This phenomenon became possible due to the fact that the spacecraft essentially caught up and overtook the Moon during the first transit.
Due to the fact that the Moon does not have an atmosphere, not a single ray of the Sun is distorted during transit, which allows you to clearly see the surface of the Moon. This dynamic image reveals the rugged, cratered valley and mountainous surface of Earth's satellite.
The spaceborne imaging instrument captured these images at ultraviolet wavelengths, revealing the Sun to be heated to more than 5.5 million degrees Celsius. Ultraviolet light usually invisible to the human eye, but satellites like SDO allow observations of swirling motion in the Sun's atmosphere, visible only at these wavelengths.
Glacial deposits on the Moon
The image shows the distribution of surface ice at the Moon's south pole (left) and north pole (right), as detected by NASA's Lunar Mineralogy instrument. Blue represents patches of ice mapped onto an image of the lunar surface, where the gray scale represents surface temperature (darker indicating colder areas and lighter shades indicating colder areas). warm zones). The ice is concentrated in the darkest and coldest places, in the shadows of craters. This is the first time scientists have directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the surface of the Moon. Scientists from the NASA space agency tried to find definitive evidence of the presence of water on the Moon, at least as an ice coating. Astronauts tried to find these places in the darkest and coldest places of the earth's satellite. As we see in the photo, scientists still found these deposits, which may turn out to be ancient. South Pole The Moon contains most of its ice, which is located in craters. At the North Pole, ice is spread over a larger area, but is more scattered.
Scientists from the University of Hawaii, led by Shuai Li, used data from NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) to identify three specific signatures that definitively indicate water ice on the lunar surface.
With the help of the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which was launched by the Indian Research Organization in 2008 with unique equipment, data was collected that confirmed all the guesses of NASA specialists. In the photo, the lunar poles have some blue spots, which indicate the presence of ice on the Moon. But most of the glacial deposits are located near craters, near the poles. In these places the temperature never rises above -156 degrees Celsius. This is due to the small tilt of the Moon's axis, which does not allow sunlight to penetrate there.
Scientists hope that the deposits of ice discovered on the Moon may be useful as a resource for future missions. This will allow us to stay on the Moon longer for research activities. It may be possible to make this frozen water easier to access.
Knowledge about the glacial deposits on the Moon, how they got there, and how they interact with the surrounding lunar environment will be key to a new mission by NASA and its commercial partners in the near future.
Atmospheric research on the Moon
Looking at the Moon in the night sky, we see its gray-white robe, a dry desert in vacuum space that has been in this state for billions recent years. But astronaut scientists, using special equipment, managed to see a slightly different picture.
The fact is that humanity has long been interested in questions about whether life is possible on the Moon and whether there ever was an atmosphere on the Moon. Planetary volcanologist Dell Needham and his colleague David Kring conducted some research and proved that many billions of years ago there was an atmosphere on the Moon. As scientists explain, this atmosphere was slightly thicker than the one that exists today on Mars. It is this phenomenon that can prove the presence of water ice deposits at the poles of the earth’s satellite.
These studies completely change scientists' ideas about the Moon. According to Needham, the atmosphere on this celestial body lasted a relatively short time, only about 70 million years. It consisted of carbon monoxide, sulfur and water. But over time, the Moon either lost its atmosphere in space, or it simply dissipated.
The image of the Moon that we can observe today in a telescope gives only a vague idea of how complex and dynamic the development of the Earth's satellite was, but does not tell us at all what is in its thickness.
The Moon is the only celestial body that is closest to the Earth.
Therefore, you can admire the earth’s satellite with the naked eye every time it appears in the night or evening sky.
Sometimes the Moon shines so normally that we don't even think about how beautiful it is.
But there are moments in life when the Moon appears in the night sky in an incredibly interesting way.
It can easily change size, color and shape. In addition, lunar eclipses and supermoons occur from time to time in nature, when our natural satellite changes color to red or blue shades.
Of course, we have the happiness of admiring the Moon with the naked eye. But those who are lucky enough to have a telescope can take a closer look at the celestial body and see its surface.
In addition, many photographers spend a lot of effort and time to finally wait and catch an amazing shot with the extraordinary Moon.
People have a lot of connections with the Moon. various signs, beliefs and superstitions. Exist lunar calendars, lunar cycles.
And this is absolutely not in vain. After all, if this celestial body is capable of influencing the change of seasons on our planet, then its influence on humans seems undeniable.
Although we from Earth see the Moon in grey-white stone colors, in reality its color is completely different. As it turned out recently, scientists have released information that the Moon is also a “fashionista” and shimmers in many different shades.
This a natural phenomenon This is because we are in an atmosphere that tends to break the rays of light, and we see celestial bodies located outside our atmosphere in a distorted form.
Even our main luminary, the Sun, does not look yellow, orange or red, but simply white. Only those astronauts who managed to visit the earth’s orbit can tell about this.
And the multi-colored Moon has such big amount bright colors, thanks to the rock that is on its surface. Different types mostly lunar rock Brown, but some of them shimmer in blue and pink shades. Such a combination in the rays sunlight looks incredibly amazing.
The International Space Agency NASA plans to reconquer the orbit of the Moon only in 2024. For this purpose, the lunar program, which was mentioned earlier, has already been developed and made public. The need for scientists to further explore the earth’s satellite arose more than half a century after the first expeditions to the Moon of the Apollo mission. Then studies of the surface of the Moon provided a lot of material for studying the celestial body and its influence on the Earth. In parallel with the lunar orbit, humanity plans to conquer the Martian expanses. But these are just plans for the near future. Today, NASA astronauts continue to conduct space research on the International Space Station, which is in Earth orbit. Of course, from there it is not so easy to see the entire disk of the Earth, but astronauts can see other, no less colorful pictures of the earth’s expanses. In addition, the Moon in orbit becomes closer and can be seen better.
The International Space Station, located in Earth orbit at an altitude of more than 27 thousand kilometers, manages to circle our planet almost 16 times in one day. One lap takes approximately 93 minutes. During this time, the astronauts on board, in addition to research, manage to capture incredibly beautiful footage of the orbital expanses of our planet. And together with them we can admire the magnificent view of the Moon.
At all times, humanity has been interested in what is on the far side of the Moon.
After all, this celestial body never turns the other side to the earth, since the Moon does not rotate like the Earth around its axis.
The whole world was able to see its dark side for the first time only in the middle of the last century, thanks to Soviet scientists.
The world's first photo of the far side of the Moon was taken on October 7, 1959 from the Luna 3 satellite.
This photo was taken using a regular film camera. To develop film and receive unique photos then it took a lot of time, because all the manipulations took place right on board the spacecraft.
To transmit this image to Earth, a special electrical device had to count all the black and light dots in the image, and already on Earth the same device with a beam would draw an identical image.
The quality of the photographs at that time was not very clear, so what they saw made scientists think about what they saw.
And on the far side of the Moon dark blurry spots were visible. Astrophysicists were unable to see anything concrete.
After some time, some more pictures were taken. Rumors spread among the masses that there were space bases of aliens on the other side of the moon. Allegedly, members of the Apollo crews were the first witnesses who were able to see these “alien settlements” on the Earth’s satellite. But none of them ever admitted it.
Scientists continue to argue that the government and leadership of NASA are hiding information from the inhabitants of our planet about what the dark side of the Moon actually hides. But those photographs that were leaked to the media indicate that on the other side of the earth’s satellite there are ruins of ancient buildings and traces of technology.
Rich human imagination also dared to suggest the presence on the dark side of the Moon of towers and castles made of transparent glass, reminiscent of the purest crystal. Even scientists themselves say that there are caves, giant letters and other inexplicable objects there.
Is this so, or this information does not correspond to reality, but the only fact that remains indisputable is that the celestial body will not soon reveal its secrets and riddles to us.
Transit of the Moon across the Earth's disk And humanity in this vast Universe is only a small grain of sand, which cannot in any way influence the processes occurring in space.
The first image of the Earth from the Moon, 1966 The view of the Moon from Earth has long since surprised no one. After all, a person can see the beauty of this celestial body every day, without even leaving own home, but just looking out of your window.
But not everyone can look at their planet from the outside. Such a spectacle was available only to a few people - participants in the Apollo mission, who were able to land on the Moon.
No one has ever seen Earth from another celestial body or planet. But we have wonderful photographs of the Earth taken on the Moon.
The uniqueness of these photographs is undeniable, because our planet depicted in them is presented only from certain angles.
The first photo of the Earth from the Moon was taken by the Lunar Orbit rover in August 1966.
That day, the spacecraft took more than 300 photographs of the celestial body on its surface.
In December 1968, astronaut William Anders, a member of the Apollo 8 crew, made next photo of our planet called "Earthrise". Then the first representatives of the Apollo mission had just flown around the Moon.
Then the Apollo 11 crew members did a short photo shoot when they were the first to set foot on the lunar surface.
In photographs taken at a later time by other lunar rovers, you can see various effects when the Earth rises on the lunar horizon or sets behind it.
It all depends on human perception of objects at different distances. In other photos we see that the Earth looks absolutely small in relation to the Moon.
In 2019, it will be 50 years since the Moon felt the human footprint.
And soon the American space agency NASA, together with the US government and commercial partners, plans to continue studying the Moon and launch another lunar expedition.
But this will happen no earlier than 2023. Then, perhaps, new beautiful photos of the earth’s satellite will appear on our planet. In the meantime, we can only enjoy the photographs that are available today.
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For the first time, the North American Space Agency (NASA) has posted high-resolution photographs of the Apollo lunar program on the Internet. Over 9,000 shots high resolution, which no one except specialists had ever seen before, were recently posted on the Flickr photo hosting site for free use. According to NASA, this is only the first step towards popularizing photographic documents of the Apollo program, and other photographs will be made publicly available in the near future.
The Apollo program operated from 1961 to 1975. During this period, 11 manned expeditions were sent to the Earth’s natural satellite, of which 9 reached the Moon, 6 successfully landed on its surface, and one, due to an accident, was forced to fly around the Moon without landing and return home (the other 2 carried out preparatory tasks and landed on The moon was not provided). The cost of the thirteen-year program was $25 billion (139 billion in 2005 dollars), which is almost 10 times less (!) than the costs of the 9-year war in Iraq.
The six successful expeditions were Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17. Apollo 13 almost suffered a tragedy due to an accident on board. It was decided to cancel the landing on the Moon, the crew was ordered to transfer from the service module to the landing module, and were emergency sent back to earth.
Especially for the readers of this blog, I posted all 9,000 photographs and made a selection of photographs from several expeditions of the Apollo lunar program.
02. Apollo 11 Expedition - July 20, 1969 First successful landing on the Moon| The lunar lander carrying Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin has undocked from the service module and is heading towards the surface of the Moon. The third crew member, Michael Collins, remained in the service module.
03. The first photo of the surface of the Moon after landing.
04. Unfortunately, this collection does not contain photographs of the exit of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. From the porthole, the staircase down which Armstrong was descending was not visible. His exit was recorded only by a television camera mounted on an external stand, through which a live broadcast was made to Earth. A few minutes later, Armstrong moved her to another location. All that Edwin Aldrin could photograph in those moments was American flag, which Armstrong stuck into the lunar soil, and a television camera standing in the distance.
05. If a photojournalist had been on the Moon at that time, Armstrong’s exit he filmed might have looked something like this. Here Armstrong filmed Aldrin's entrance. At this moment it was important not to slam the hatch behind us. There was no handle on the outside of the exit hatch. If the hatch had slammed shut, the astronauts would have been unable to enter the module and return to Earth.
06. As you know, the first words that Neil Armstrong uttered when he first stepped onto the lunar surface were: “One small step for man, but giant leap for mankind.”
07. Footprint of one of the astronauts in the lunar soil.
08. Few people know that the first object that the astronauts threw onto the surface from open door, there was a bag of garbage (!). Very human, isn't it?
09. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walk on the moon. One poses, the other takes photographs.
10. Lunar workdays have begun. Edwin Aldrin installs a solar wind collector screen. It was a sheet of aluminum foil 30 cm wide and 140 cm long and was intended to trap helium, neon and argon ions.
12. Edwin Aldrin deploys a seismometer.
14. Soil samples are taken.
15. Edwin Aldrin poses next to the flag. This photograph has been the subject of heated debate for many years. Conspiracy theorists argued that the supposedly waving flag indicates that the filming was done not on the moon, but on the earth, and here the action of the wind fluttering the flag is evident. Fortunately, anyone can now go into the photo archive of this expedition and view all the photographs that were taken that day. The bend of the flag fabric is the same in all photographs, which eloquently demonstrates the absurdity of conspiracy theorists’ suspicions. When the wind moves the fabric of the flag, its shape will change every second and it is almost impossible to repeat it.
16. It is known that when preparing the first expedition to the Moon, engineers proceeded from the assumption that over the billions of years of the moon’s history, a layer of dust several feet thick had accumulated on its surface. Therefore, the “legs” of the landing module were made long, with the expectation that during landing they would drown in dust. To the surprise of NASA developers and engineers, the layer of dust on the Moon turned out to be no more than 3-5 cm. Does this indicate at a young age The Moon, and therefore the Earth? There's a lot to think about.
17. The astronauts spent 2.5 hours on the lunar surface. When they returned to the lander, they threw away a few more items that they no longer needed - portable life support packs (the same ones they carried with them), lunar outer boots and a camera (the tapes with the footage were, of course, saved ). This was necessary to minimize the take-off weight of the module.
18. Commemorative plaque: “At this place, people from planet Earth first set foot on the Moon in July 1969 AD. We come in peace on behalf of all mankind.” The lower block of the landing module, on the stand of which the sign was attached, remained on the Moon.
19. The road home. The Apollo 11 lunar lander, after taking off from the Moon, approaches the command module that was waiting for it in orbit.
20. Apollo 12 Expedition - November 19, 1969. Second moon landing| Earth rising over the Moon.
21. Another Earthrise. Continuous phrase: "Earthrise."
22. View of the lunar surface from the landing module window.
23. Night on Earth.
24. One of the main tasks of the Apollo 12 crew was to find the robotic Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which landed on the Moon 2.5 years earlier. The crew successfully completed this task and landed the lunar module 200 meters from the Surveyor. In the photo, crew commander Charles Conrad stands next to the Surveyor 3 spacecraft. The astronauts removed some parts from it and took it with them to earth. Scientists were interested in how these objects were affected by their long stay on the Moon. The Apollo 12 lander is in the background.
25. Apollo 15 Expedition - July 30, 1971. Fourth moon landing| This expedition was the first time a lunar vehicle was used.
26. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent almost three days on the Moon. During this time, they made three trips to the surface with a total duration of 18.5 hours.
27. Wheel tracks of a lunar car. The astronauts traveled 28 kilometers on it.
28. One of the astronauts installs scientific equipment.
29. The lunar car was developed by Boeing engineers. The wheels are made of woven steel wire. The car ran on electric batteries and could reach speeds of up to 13 km/h, and even more. However, high speed was undesirable, since under the conditions of the Moon the lunar car weighed 6 times less than on earth, and at high speed it was thrown up strongly on uneven surfaces.
30. Relatively weak gravity was the reason that when walking, a lot of lunar dust rose, which settled on clothes. Pay attention to the astronaut's feet, black with dust.
31. Apollo 16 Expedition - April 21, 1972. Fifth moon landing| Unlike previous landings, which were made on more or less flat surfaces, Apollo 16 landed in a mountainous area, on plateaus.
32. Morning jog?))
33. The astronauts have clearly gotten comfortable on the Moon. A lunar car parked near the landing module, scientific equipment, and a working astronaut. There is no longer that wariness and uncertainty that is visible in the photographs of Apollo 11.
34. One of the astronauts got the lens dirty.
35. A beautiful shot of the Earth suspended in space. We humans live somewhere on this planet. We are born, we die, we create something, we fight for some reason.... How petty and insignificant all this seems from afar, from space.
36. The surface of the Moon as the lunar module approaches.
37. Apollo 17 Expedition - December 11, 1972. Sixth and final moon landing| Thanks to the lunarmobile, astronauts were able to move several kilometers away from the landing module and descend to the bottom of huge craters.
38. During the next landing in the lunar vehicle, crew commander Eugene Cernan hooked the wing above one of the wheels with a hammer sticking out of his pocket and tore it off. If on Earth such a breakdown is not considered serious, then on the Moon everything is different. Due to the absence of a wing, dust rose during movement, which settled on the astronauts’ clothes and on the instruments of the lunar vehicle. The black color of the dust attracted heat and created the threat of overheating. The astronauts had to urgently look for a way out of the situation. They managed to attach the wing using duct tape.
39. Collection of soil samples. The astronaut's clothes are stained with lunar dust.
40. Lunomobile against the backdrop of one of the mountains.
41. Lunar relief.
42. Return of the last lunar expedition. Dawn on Earth.
43. Huge ocean spaces. Oh, if only part of these spaces were dry land.
44. Our dear blue ball.
46. The relief surface of the Moon and the rising Earth.
48. The astronauts who visited the Moon were the only people who could look at the lunar craters without a telescope.
49. During the Apollo 17 expedition, the astronauts drilled 8 wells 2.5 meters deep. Explosives weighing from 50 grams to 2.5 kg were placed in the wells. After the astronauts left the Moon, on command from Earth, the explosives were detonated and scientists used instruments to measure the speed of propagation of seismic waves.
50. On his way home, astronaut Ronald Evans performs a routine inspection of his spacecraft.
52. Crew commander Eugene Cernan and astronaut Ronald Evans.
53. What kind of device is so unusual? Looks like someone's brain under glass.
54. Ronald Evans shaves on his way to Earth.
55. The Command and Service Module America awaits docking with the lunar module that last launched from the surface of the Moon. The flight of Apollo 17 became the longest manned flight to the Moon. A record number of lunar rock samples were brought to Earth. Records were set for the duration of astronaut stay on the lunar surface and in lunar orbit. Apollo 17 was the most productive and almost problem-free lunar expedition.
56. More than 40 years have passed since the last time man walked on the moon. Will people return to the moon again? And is there any point in flying to the Moon again if it is now known for certain that there is nothing valuable there?
57. The Apollo lunar program is completed. The last look at the mountain range on the surface of the Moon, which rises above the Earth every night and illuminates our fields with its white light, is reflected as a light path in our seas, and shines through our windows while we sleep.
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Secret photos of the Moon collected from various sources from around the world.
Entrance to the Moon Base
bases on the moon
The astronauts who made flights to the Moon under the Apollo program were very often accompanied by UFOs (unidentified flying objects). An official NASA photograph (AS12-497319) taken during the Apollo 12 flight clearly captured a large UFO hovering above the Moon.
Government policies regarding keeping the truth about UFOs secret from the general public are well described and documented in several books by renowned astronomers such as Allen Hynek (US Air Force UFO consultant), Major Donald Keyhoe , Timothy Good (his book “Top Secret”) and many other professional researchers. One of the undisputed experts we can trust is Christopher Kraft, former director of NASA. He gave us the following recording (after leaving his post at NASA), made in Houston during the Apollo 11 lunar mission:
ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG and BUZZ ALDRIN speak from the moon: “These are giant things. No, no, no... This is not an optical illusion. There can be no doubt about it!”
FLIGHT CONTROL (HOUSTON CENTER): “What... what... what? What the hell is going on there? What's happened?"
ASTRONAUTS: “They are here below the surface.”
FLIGHT CONTROL: “What’s there? The connection was interrupted... the control center is calling Apollo 11."
ASTRONAUTS: “We saw several guests. They were there for a while checking out the equipment."
FLIGHT CONTROL: “Repeat your last message.”
ASTRONAUTS: “I say there are others here spaceships. They stand in a straight line on the other side of the crater."
FLIGHT CONTROL: “Repeat… repeat!”
ASTRONAUTS: “Let us probe this sphere... 625 to 5... automatic relay connected... My hands are shaking so much that I can’t do anything. Should I take it off? My God, if those damn cameras pick up anything... then what?”
FLIGHT CONTROL: “Can you film anything?”
ASTRONAUTS: “I don’t have any more film on hand. Three shots from the “saucer”, or whatever this thing is called, ruined the film.”
FLIGHT CONTROL: “Regain control! Are they in front of you? Are you hearing any noises from the UFO?”
ASTRONAUTS: “They landed here! They are here and they are watching us!”
FLIGHT CONTROL: “Mirrors, mirrors... can you adjust them?”
ASTRONAUTS: “Yes, they are in the right place. But those who built these ships can arrive tomorrow and remove them. Once and for all."
It is logical that if government agencies discovered secret UFO bases, they would keep it secret from the public, and also develop a “cover story” to hide the truth about the Moon. However, the problem was that the witnesses were “talking” to our Department regarding alien affairs.
Among the experts who informed us about life on the Moon and the discoveries of astronauts were Farida Iskiovet, a former UFO consultant to the President of the United Nations, the mysterious Mr. English, who took top secret photographs for NASA and lunar astronauts, former commander of Naval Intelligence Mark Huber, who knew a large amount of top secret information, Sergeant Willard Wannal, who served in military intelligence(Army Intelligence), Major Wayne S. Aho, serving in military intelligence, provided UFO research materials to Congress for consideration, Dr. James Hurrah of the NASA space program, and others who have classified clearances. I have personally spoken with all of the above mentioned researchers.
Increased interest in life on the Moon has captured public opinion after radio reports about the experiments of Marconi Tesla, who tried to transmit radio signals to the Moon and get a response to them, this really happened. After this, American, British and French astronomers reported flashes of light, flickering and even moving lights on the surface of the Moon. During the 20-30 years, you can find numerous reports about this kind of phenomena in a variety of newspapers and magazines, which can still be found in libraries. This interest reached its apogee when a prominent expert in aerial phenomena, the Pulitzer Prize, who defeated astronomer John O'Neill, publicly announced the discovery of an artificial “bridge” on the Moon. There were other witnesses who observed a 12 mile long “bridge” that was not previously there and which later disappeared for unknown reasons (was it too noticeable?). This incident occurred in the early 1950s.
Many Jemeny and Apollo astronauts reported seeing UFOs during their flights. Thus, astronaut Gordon Cooper publicly admitted that he had observed a controlled vessel of extraterrestrial origin (we have seen his photographs of UFOs). James McDivitt also took photographs of UFOs while orbiting the Earth, we saw them. while the orbiting Earth and we saw them too. Soviet space program in the 1960s, intended to set a new record for time in orbit, was strangely interrupted after the ship took its position. Private researchers with powerful radio equipment claimed that Soviet cosmonauts were escorted into orbit by UFOs that surrounded them and began tossing them back and forth as if soviet ship was a ball. The astronauts, panicking, were ordered to immediately return back to Earth.
During the 50s, a large number of UFOs seen on Earth returned to the Moon. Their trajectories were tracked by secret government surveillance facilities located in the Arizona and Nevada deserts, as well as in underground bases located inside the mountains. WE HAVE A PHOTO OF A DISH SHAPED VESSEL FLYING OVER THE SURFACE OF THE MOON taken by a citizen astronomer. Sergeant Willard Vannail, who investigated a UFO landing in Oahu while serving in military intelligence, showed us 8 or 10 clear, glossy photographs of a silvery spacecraft hovering above the lunar surface. Its size was estimated at several miles and was said to be a MOTHER SHIP (BASE SHIP), designed to transport many thousands of people between solar systems or galaxies for long periods of time in conditions of complete self-sufficiency (autonomous mode)!
In the period from 1950 to 60s. civilian astronomers noticed new movements on the Moon, light anomalies, permanent light sources usually located inside craters, along with mysterious cross-shaped flashes.
Soviet and American spacecraft (orbiting the Moon) began photographing mysterious structures on the Moon discovered by NASA. There were scientists, such as Fred Steckling, who demanded an explanation from the so-called “civil agency”. It's amazing how NASA could release these photos WITHOUT COMMENTS! Many structures could only be seen at higher magnification.
The American spacecraft RANGER II sent 200 photographs of lunar craters with domes inside. These domes were not new. They were reported in the media mass media by French astronomers approximately 48 years ago. The 33 photos of the dome on the Moon sent by Lunar Orbitter 2 were released without comment in Washington D.C. in 1967. On July 1, 1966, NASA officially admitted in the media that astronauts had seen a UFO, however, later denied this information (for those who collect official reports on UFOs, it will not be difficult to find a large number of contradictory statements proving the concealment of the truth). None of this stopped astronaut Gordon Cooper from publicly declaring, “I believe in aliens because I saw their spacecraft with my own eyes” (during Gemeni's flight 16). Our “Blair cuspids” file contains photographs taken from lunar satellites, which show strange spiers forming regular geometric shapes. A tall white spire similar to the Washington Monument has been photographed on the lunar surface, along with mysterious straight paths or tracks that run straight through craters, hills, valleys and piles of rocks. Some of the domes had flashing lights.
The few NASA photos we saw showed a long, cigar-shaped object lying on the surface of the Moon that was later missing from other photos. We saw a photo of the pyramid on the dark side (back side). THE DARK SIDE is always hidden from our eyes and telescopes and, apparently, is an ideal place for aliens to build a secret spaceport. The lack of atmosphere is not a problem when we think of domes with an artificial environment. Even NASA admits that scientists have the technology (but not the billions of dollars) to build artificially air-conditioned underground bases like those the military builds for itself.
Astronaut Edward Mitchell confidentially told Farida Iskiowet, a representative of our Department, that he saw a UFO on the Moon.
In 1978, a mysterious, stocky man with the appearance of a typical agent appeared in Maui, calling himself Mr. English. His full name I can't name it. He had a TOP SECRET security clearance from NASA. He told me that he was a staff photographer for the Apollo program, photographed the wreckage of a crashed disk in a hangar at a secret Air Force base in Texas, and saw a UFO during the astronauts' flight. He provided us with a large amount of UFO data and admitted that astronauts had indeed seen a spacecraft on the Moon, and also confirmed the fact that UFOs were using the Moon.
In 1959, the USSR, for the first time in the world, showed people that it was on the far side of the Moon. The photographs were taken from the Luna-3 automatic interplanetary station. The spacecraft was launched into airless space on October 4 using the Vostok-L launch vehicle. The unique images were sent at three o'clock in the morning on October 7, 1959. The signal was received by the Simeiz Observatory (now part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory). Views of the “invisible side of the Moon” transmitted to Earth traveled a distance of 483 thousand kilometers. Peering at the blurry photographs, many wondered “on the spots”: what is on the far side of the Moon? Yes, the quality of the images left much to be desired, but they were obtained! The leader of USSR research received the right to name objects discovered on the surface of the nearest satellite. The whole world learned which sea is on the far side of the Moon - Moscow. Its part, protruding deeply into the land, was called Astronaut Bay. A crater about 60 miles (96.5 km) from it was named after Professor Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a pioneer of astronautics. The mountain range near the equator proudly sounded like the Soviet one. A dark spot near the border of the visible and invisible parts of the Moon became the Sea of Dreams.
Why is the Moon always visible from Earth only from one side? Because of this, it is impossible to know what is on the far side of the Moon! The reason is that the Moon revolves around the Earth in the same time it takes the Earth to rotate around its axis. Axial and orbital rotation is 27.3 days. Synchronization of movement occurred about 4 billion years ago.
Astrophysical Information system NASA released a catalog in 1968 that contains descriptions of about six hundred anomalous phenomena on the lunar surface. This catalog contains information regarding moving UFOs of various sizes and shapes, lunar craters that appear and disappear, rainbow mists, flashes of bright light and the casting of shadows by unknown objects. And the Russian astronomer Kozyrev recorded a number of red flashes on the surface of the Moon. Anomalies of this kind were often recorded in the area of one of the largest lunar craters. Its diameter is over one hundred kilometers. It was named "Alphonse". This crater is the most mysterious place on the moon.
American astronomer Carl Sagan made a statement in the 60s of the last century that caves were discovered on the surface of the Moon, the sizes and shapes of which suggest that they are not natural objects. The internal volume of the largest cave is over one hundred cubic kilometers. At one time, American astronauts said that almost all lunar missions the Apollo spacecraft from 1968 to 1972 were carefully monitored by representatives of alien civilizations. In addition, cases of contact between astronauts and aliens have been recorded. They communicated with the astronauts using a special code. The theory of the existence of such a cipher was confirmed in 1958 by Japanese astronomer Kenzahuro Toyoda. He managed to see seven giant letters on the lunar surface, which disappeared a few nights later. The appearance of these letters remained inexplicable.
Recently, a quote from Neil Armstrong was leaked to the media. An American astronaut said it immediately after landing on the surface of the Moon: “Oh, Lord! Yes, there are other spaceships here. They are along far edge crater and we are being watched! Joseph Shklovsky, a Soviet astrophysicist, suggested that the Moon may well be a huge, inactive alien ship. Somewhat later, a similar version was put forward by radio astronomer Alexey Arkhipov from Russia. He made the assumption that the Moon is nothing more than an alien station, which was created specifically to observe the Earth and its inhabitants.
Scientists and astronomers, including employees of the American space agency, are confident that the world government is hiding information from people regarding the presence of aliens on the Earth’s satellite. But the presence of photographs that captured various buildings and traces of technology left on the lunar soil indicate the opposite. Alien bases are believed to be hidden on the far side of the Moon. Astronauts from the Apollo mission became eyewitnesses of the so-called “lunar kingdoms”. Rumor has it that on the far side of the moon there are towers and castles made of a transparent material that resembles rock crystal. There are also various types equipment and vehicles that leave traces.
In 2010, photographs allegedly taken by the Cassiopeia probe of the so-called dark side of the Moon were leaked onto the Internet. They sparked heated controversy among both astronomers and conspiracy theorists. Photos show structures in Schrödinger Crater near the Moon's south polar region, but official sources have been unable to provide a clear explanation for the phenomenon.
|Admire the first photo of the moon's surface in high resolution, obtained from space, Earth and the Lunokhod, with Soviet and color footage of the reverse side.
Our closest neighbor to Earth is our only satellite, the Moon. It is not surprising that humanity has managed to complete successful missions and receive excellent High resolution photographs of the Moon. After all, if we want to explore space, then we must understand what is happening literally around the corner. In the photo of the Moon you can see that it is a small object with a crater surface. Gravity is lower than Earth's, so pictures of the moon demonstrate how astronauts move high jumps. You have the opportunity to look at amazing geology and get to know this world better. Photo of the Moon high resolution will allow you to admire reverse side, explore craters and landing sites, and also see the Earth from space.
Photos of the Moon in high resolution
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Bean walks on the moon
Astronaut Alan Bean stopped near the instrument carrier during the Apollo 12 mission on the lunar surface. A black and white photograph of the Moon was taken by Charles Conrad. His reflection can be seen on the spacesuit.
Two ships on the moon
Earth, Moon, Hubble
During a mission in December 1999, the Discovery crew managed to obtain photos of the bright Moon, our planet and part of the Hubble Space Telescope. On the left is the earth's horizon. The Moon appears bright because it has entered the Full Moon phase and is closest to the Earth.
Earth Moon
Moon in a frame
This image was taken in 1998 from the rear windows of the Discovery. The Earth is visible on the left, and the Moon in the center. The STS-95 mission flew over the Atlantic Ocean. Also on this flyby, Senator and Project Mercury member John Glenn returned to space.
moon walk
James Irwin works near the lunar vehicle during the Apollo 15 mission in the Hadley Apennines. In the foreground is the shadow of the Falcon lunar module. The photo of the Moon was taken by Commander David Scott. Apollo 15 launched on July 26, 1971 from Kennedy Space Center. The pilot was Alfred Warden.
To the moon
View of the Moon from the ISS
On November 12, 2013, a photo of the Earth's satellite of the Moon was taken from the ISS. Typically, during missions, crew members have time to look at hundreds of various types Moons. But our neighbor continues to attract attention. The photo from space was taken at 00:00:00 GMT.
First look at Earth from the Moon
Ride on the Moon
Apollo 16 landing
Apollo 12 landing
Passage of the Moon in front of the Sun
During the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, the Earth's satellite passed in front of the Sun. Photo of the Sun and Moon taken from Ross Lake in national park Northern Canada. A total solar eclipse covered a narrow part of the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. A partial event could be observed from South America, Africa and Europe.
Good night Luna
Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this high-quality photo of the Moon taken from the ISS in in social networks and signed: “Day 97. Good night, Luna."
Surveyor 1's shadow on the Moon
Scientist on the Moon
