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Figure 1 Lunar Orbiter III Frame 133-H2 unlabeled; image credit: LOIRP
This photo (Frame 133-H2) of the future Apollo 14 landing site was taken by Lunar Orbiter III on 20 February 1967 at an orbital altitude of 46.7 km. The resolution of the image is around 0.8 meters per pixel. The area covered by this image is 4.52167 × 5.77666 km.
Figure 1 shows the image unlabeled. You can download the full resolution [672 MB TIFF] here. In Figure 2 we have overlaid the EVA route upon this image so as to show where the crew set foot. While the crew were supposed to visit Cone crater they stopped 20 meters short of doing so due to some confusion as to their exact location. That said, they did visit some large rocks located adjacent to Cone crater’s rim. The enlargement of this Lunar Orbiter image clearly shows some large rocks poised near the crater’s rim. The inset photo shows the largest outcropping as photographed by the crew on the surface.
Figure 2 Lunar Orbiter III Frame 133-H2 labeled to show EVA route; image credit: LOIRP
This image has been recovered in its original high resolution format from original Lunar Orbiter project data tapes using restored tape drive hardware and will eventually be submitted to the PDS (Planetary Data System).
Posted by: Soderman/NLSI Staff
Source: Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
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