Emily Lakdawalla • Oct 28, 2009
Gorgeous high-res image of the Apollo 17 landing site
The LROC team posted today a new image of the Apollo 17 landing site, captured after Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter had gotten in to its 50-kilometer mapping orbit, so this is much more detailed than the previous view. Holy cow, you can see where they left the flag!
![Apollo 17 lander and flag!](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x768_crop_center-center_60_line/90942/20160317_challenger_4x.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x576_crop_center-center_60_line/90942/20160317_challenger_4x.jpg 576w)
Visit the LROC website for more of the landing site image and comparisons to photos taken by Schmitt and Cernan.
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