You Can Even See The Tire Tracks!: NASA's High-Res Pictures The Apollo Landing Sites
Note: The high-res versions of the landing sites are HERE (Apollo 12), HERE (Apollo 14) and HERE (Apollo 17).
You know how your grandma is still convinced the moon landing never happened and it was all faked by Hollywood? She's a smart lady, I can see where you get it from. This is a series of high-res photos from NASA showing the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites and the imprints left by humanity there. Granted they were all faked in the Photoshop building at Area 54, but they're still fun to look at. So yeah, if you don't like them you should probably consider take a long walk off a short pier into the sea. "Of Tranquility?!" Dude -- you should f***ing blog.
Hit the jump for a couple videos because videos are worth a thousand pictures or something. At least a hundred.
NASA Spacecraft Images Offer Sharper Views of Apollo Landing Sites [NASA]
Thanks to my dad, who's seen both sides of the universe and said it's pretty bitchin'. I was too young to remember but there is a blurry Polaroid of me standing in front of a star.
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