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==Description==
 During the 9 manned lunar missions of project Apollo (Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, between 1968 and 1973), the moon's cratered surface was extensively photographed by the orbiting astronauts in their CSMs (Command/Service Modules) and LMs (Lunar Modules).<br />  All sorts of cameras were used. Mostly handheld '''Hasselblad''' and '''Nikon''' cameras (to make orbital lunar photographs and lots of snapshots inside the spaceships). There was also the '''Hycon''' camera, which was only used during Apollo 14. The '''Hycon''' made only a few hi-res orbital lunar photographs, because of a technical problem inside the camera.<br />  After the mission of Apollo 14 and its troubled '''Hycon''' camera, there were the VERY successful hi-res cameras in the last three missions's SIM-bays (the ''Scientific Instruments Module'' in the Service Modules of Apollo 15, 16, and 17; also known as the "''J-missions''" or Scientific missions).<br /> <br /> '''Known and unknown lunar regions on orbital Apollo photography'''<br />  The '''Fairchild''' mapping (metric) cameras and the '''Itek''' panoramic cameras (in the SIM-bays) made controlled photographs of large areas north and south of the lunar equator. Each photograph, made by these cameras, was indexed and plotted on several maps of the moon (the Index Maps). In other words: everything which was photographed by the '''Fairchild''' and '''Itek''' cameras, is ''Luna Cognita''. The handheld '''Hasselblad''' cameras, on the other hand, made some orbital photographs of which the exact location on the moon's surface is still unknown!<br />  A typical example of such curious '''Hasselblad''' photography ("''Luna Incognita''") is [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/magazine/?66 Apollo 14's Magazine 66-II], which starts with images AS14-66-9216 to 9223 (shows CSM ''Kitty Hawk'' above an un-indexed lunar region). Even Apollo 14's [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/apolloindex/apollo14/as14indexmap02/ Lunar Index Map //Sheet 2;// Magazines L, M, II] doesn't show the locations of these eight orbital photographs. It would be interesting to try to locate the region which was captured during these moments of Apollo 14's orbital exploration!<br /> <br /> '''Stuart "''Stu''" Roosa aboard ''Kitty Hawk'', finally spotted'''<br />  A medium resolution scan of [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a14/AS14-66-9223.jpg AS14-66-9223], which is the last one of a series of eight un-indexed orbital Hasselblads (Magazine 66-II) shows Apollo 14's distant Command/Service Module ''Kitty Hawk'' with Command Module Pilot (CMP) Stuart "''Stu''" Roosa in it, over previously unknown lunar terrain. The location of this sequence of images was determined by interpolating between known locations on revolution 12 of Apollo 14's orbit, when Antares and Kitty Hawk undocked. According to mission documents at the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, the separation of Antares and Kitty Hawk occurred at 12.7 degrees south and 87.7 degrees east. The mission transcript identifies a number of craters on the way to overflying the landing site at Fra Mauro, and 16nm film footage of Kitty Hawk after separation taken by Antares can be located as showing features between 77.5 and 72 degrees east and around 13.5 degrees south, confirming the orbital trajectory. The orientation of Kitty Hawk also suggested that the still images were taken after the video footage. The size of the frames in this video footage also allowed the correct scale of the photographs to be determined. By comparing each photograph in the sequence it was then possible to work out their correct orientation. The position of the shadow in the crater in [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a14/AS14-66-9223.jpg AS14-66-9223] suggested it was in the central to eastern portion of the daylight part of the orbit, as it is relatively faint and falls from west to east. By following the orbital path, the location finally revealed itself: the CSM in AS14-66-9223 is roughly 65 km east-south-east of '''Crozier''' crater, and just east of '''McClure N''', at roughly 14 degrees south and 53 east. The photographs immediately preceding this image cover roughly 95 km east to west.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''AS14-66-9224 to 9228'''<br />  Earthrise from the LM in orbit. The prominent foreground crater is '''Meitner''', which has a diameter of 87 km. ''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'' contributor Henri Partanen notes that the photos in this sequence are very similar to an Apollo 12 earthrise series that starts with AS12-47-[http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a12/images12.html#6879 6879]. Those photos were also taken at AOS just prior to descent initiation. Because the Apollo 12 and 14 landing sites are both equatorial and are only separated by about 10 degrees of longitude, the orbital planes are similar. A quick check of ''Starry Night'' shows that the libration states of the Moon were also similar. Consequently, the views at AOS should be much the same. See, also, a labeled version ( [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a14/a12-14PasteurCrater.jpg 2.7 Mb] ) by ''ALSJ'' contributor René Cantin.<br />  - Eric M. Jones, ''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'', Apollo 14 photo gallery -<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Misidentified Apollo 8 photographs'''<br /> [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/16-a/hr/as08-16-2611hr.jpg AS 08-16-2611] erroneously identified as "Langrenus". Actually it corresponds to a trailing view of the farside towards east: '''Marconi''' rim is at left edge, the high mountain range south of '''Keeler''' is seen at right horizon.<br /> [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/16-a/hr/as08-16-2612hr.jpg AS 08-16-2612] same as previous <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Nov 2, 2014</small></span><br /> <br /> <br /> '''An investigation of several orbital mystery photographs (Apollo 10)'''<br />  - What are the coordinates and names of these high-albedo craterlets?<br />  - In NASA SP-232 (''Analysis of Apollo 10 Photography and Visual Observations'') they (those photographs) are labeled "'''''not used'''''" and/or "'''''unable to locate'''''".<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-3996 AS10-28-3996] high albedo craterlet - located halfway between '''Moissan''' and '''Glazenap,''' also visible in '''AS10-29-4191''' & '''4192'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4014 AS10-28-4014] (distinct ray-craterlet which could be the same as the one depicted in '''AS10-33-4878''', see below)(this could be the very young looking craterlet immediately north of '''Soddy''')(see also Apollo 17's panoramic ''ITEK''-frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-P-2066 AS17-P-2066], scroll to the right, beyond the frame's centre)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4019 AS10-28-4019] high albedo craterlet on the southern rim of '''Abul Wafa'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4022 AS10-28-4022] high albedo craterlet, halfway between '''Firsov''' (south-south-east of) and '''Buisson''' (north-north-west of)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4023 AS10-28-4023] distinct ray-craterlet 60km west-north-west of '''Buisson'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4024 AS10-28-4024] (distinct ray-craterlet, this photograph and its preceding one, '''4023''', shows overlap, the depicted region is the same as in '''AS10-33-4883''', see below)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4028 AS10-28-4028] (inner slopes and floor of '''Saha W''' immediately northwest of '''Saha''' itself; pinpoint location of depicted area recently discovered by Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-29-4197 AS10-29-4197] (B-and-W vertical photograph north-west of '''Glazenap''' and south of '''Hartmann'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-29-4216 AS10-29-4216](B-and-W) oblique view towards SW, '''Buisson V''' at bottom left, with bright craterlets seen in image '''[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-33-4883 AS10-33-4883]'''<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Aug 16, 2011</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-30-4411 AS10-30-4411]/ [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-30-4412 4412]/ [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-30-4413 4413] (the bright ray-craterlet on the floor of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tacchini Tacchini]; location discovered by Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-31-4560 AS10-31-4560] (B-and-W, horizon, no coordinates mentioned). According to Sheet 3 of the ''Apollo Mission 10 Lunar Photography Index'', this photograph should show something of '''Mare Crisium''''s southwestern rim, near or at the horizon (seen from the southeast near the equator).<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Aug 31, 2013</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-32-4799 AS10-32-4799] (B-and-W, curved horizon) looking SW inmediately west of '''Pasteur''' rim. Bright craterlet at left edge lies adjacent to '''Pasteur V'''; bright rayed craterlet proceeding towards center is '''Ganskiy Hansky F'''.<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-32-4800 AS10-32-4800] (B-and-W, curved horizon) same as 4799. Part of '''Pasteur''' floor is seen at left edge.<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-32-4801 AS10-32-4801] (B-and-W, curved horizon) looking towards SW, west of 4800. '''Wyld J''' lies at left inferior corner, '''Hirayama C''' is the darker crater seen towards right edge at center and '''Hirayama''' itself occupies the upper right sector <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki]</span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-33-4878 AS10-33-4878] (distinct ray-craterlet which could be the same as the one depicted in '''AS10-28-4014''', see above)(this could be the very young looking craterlet immediately north of '''Soddy''')(see also Apollo 17's panoramic ''ITEK''-frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-P-2066 AS17-P-2066], scroll to the right, beyond the frame's centre)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-33-4883 AS10-33-4883] (near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Buisson Buisson], west of '''Buisson V'''; location recently discovered by '''Nunki''', visitor of the LPOD site)(see also at '''AS10-28-4023''' and '''4024''' above)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-34-5078 AS10-34-5078] (color) Looking south-east across the north-eastern edge of '''Einthoven'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-34-5079 AS10-34-5079] (color) Looking south-east between '''Einthoven R''' and '''Pasteur A'''<br /> <br /> '''Orbital "''unplottable''" photographs of Apollo 11'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-42-6323 AS11-42-6323] The '''''Sidewinder Rille''''' and a small unnamed depression at 0°30' North/ 28°10' East. These small formations in the southern part of '''Mare Tranquillitatis''' are detectable on chart 7 in the ''21st Century Atlas of the Moon'' by C.A.Wood and M.Collins! <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Sep 27, 2013</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-42-6325 AS11-42-6325] near-terminator photography - 60 km south-east of '''Armstrong'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-43-6384 AS11-43-6384] view towards ENE, from '''Congreve''' (just outside the lower border of image) to mountainous region north of '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Korolev Korolev]''' basin (outer rim of '''Engel'gardt''' visible at upper horizon) <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Aug 16, 2011</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-43-6410 AS11-43-6410] oblique view east of Coriolis, towards E. The high elevations at horizon are between '''Krasovskiy''' and '''Icarus'''. The bright crater at bottom right border is '''Coriolis G''' and complex '''Lipskiy X''' is above another bright crater at middle right of image.<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-44-6616 AS11-44-6616] region of '''Mare Fecunditatis''' northwest of the '''Messier''' pair, looking westward toward the curved horizon, note '''''Mount Marilyn'''''! <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Aug 28, 2016</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-36-5427 AS11-36-5427] view towards NE, '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Papaleksi Papaleksi ]'''NW rim at upper right, with bright craterlet. The low foreground terrain is the interior of the proposed '''Kohlschütter-Leonov''' basin; the mountainous background horizon is the common rim with '''Freundlich-Sharonov basin.'''<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Mar 17, 2013</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-36-5428 AS11-36-5428] south of Mills, view towards NE, '''Mills K''' is the subdued crater near center, '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Papaleksi Papaleksi]''' NW rim at top right ( latitude coordinate of NASA photo is wrong by 12°)<br /> <br /> '''Orbital "''unplottable''" photographs of Apollo 12'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS12-52-7712 AS12-52-7712] oblique view towards NNW, '''King''' at center bottom ( ¡ notorious melt pond ! ), '''Guyot''' north rim at the limb (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS12-52-7713 AS12-52-7713] oblique view south-west of '''King''' towards NNW, '''Abul Wafa''' in shadows, '''Firsov K''' at upper border (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS12-50-7446 AS12-50-7446] view along SW rim of '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Fermi Fermi]''' towards SE. The crater occupies left half of image, at upper right is '''Shiritskiy F'''<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Aug 18, 2011</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS12-50-7447 AS12-50-7447] same as AS12-50-7446<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS12-50-7404 AS12-50-7404] oblique view towards SE; '''Beijerinck''' is the low floor crater at center, '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gagarin Gagarin]''' ocuppies right third of image towards the horizon, at left is the SW rim of (uncertain) '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Keeler-Heaviside%20Basin Keeler-Heaviside Basin]'''; the mountains at the horizon are part of NW rim of '''South Pole - Aitken Basin'''<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Aug 21, 2011</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS12-51-7530 AS12-51-7530] oblique view towards SE, crater in shadows at center is '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Marconi Marconi] ,''' bright range at the horizon is part of '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gagarin Gagarin]''' north rim; triangular peak at bottom right corner ( 7.000 mts high) belongs to '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Dellinger Dellinger]''' rim.<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Mar 19, 2013</small></span><br /> <br /> '''Orbital "''unplottable''" photographs of Apollo 13'''<br /> '''- Very faint lunar surface not discernible -'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8607 AS13-60-8607] '''Chaplygin''' (right), '''Marconi''' (left). (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8608 AS13-60-8608] '''Marconi''' (right). (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8609 AS13-60-8609] '''Chauvenet''' (near centre), '''Dellinger''' (top). (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8610 AS13-60-8610] '''Chaplygin''' (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8611 AS13-60-8611] '''Chaplygin''' (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8612 AS13-60-8612] between '''Chaplygin''' and '''Schliemann''' (Nunki). Following Nunki's detection, the central crater in this photograph should be '''Schliemann T''' and the distinct crater near the upper left corner should be '''Schliemann W''' (Danny Caes, with help of Nunki and LAC 85 in the ''Clementine Atlas'').<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8613 AS13-60-8613] '''Chaplygin''' (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8614 AS13-60-8614] '''Chaplygin''' (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8615 AS13-60-8615] '''Chaplygin''' (top). (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8616 AS13-60-8616] '''Denning''' center, '''Pirquet''' towards left limb, secondary chains from '''Tsiolkovskiy''' (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8617 AS13-60-8617] '''Chauvenet''' and satellites '''C''' and '''Q''' at upper left, satellite '''J''' barely discernible at center image (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8618 AS13-60-8618] L'''ove G''' and '''H''' at top edge, '''Ten Bruggencate Y''' at top right corner, '''Lane''' at right edge, '''Perepelkin''' and '''Shirakatsi''' at center (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8619 AS13-60-8619] '''Tsiolkovskiy''' (near horizon). (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8620 AS13-60-8620] SW oblique view, '''Lane''' and '''Ten Bruggencate''' craters at bottom (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8621 AS13-60-8621] SW oblique view, '''Perepelkin''' at center, '''Lane''' bottom center, '''Danjon''' upper center (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8622 AS13-60-8622] '''Shirakatsi''' and '''Dobrovol'skiy''' at top right corner, '''Fermi''' occupying image width towards the limb (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8623 AS13-60-8623] '''Love''' at top right edge, '''Perepelkin''' and '''Shirakatsi''' at right edge, '''Danjon''' at image center, '''Fermi''' at bottom right limb (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8624 AS13-60-8624] '''Lane''' at top left corner; '''Ten Bruggencate Y''', '''Prager G''' and '''Glazenap P''' at center; '''Pannekoek''' at bottom edge and '''Glazenap''' at bottom right corner (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8627 AS13-60-8627] '''Pirquet''' close to bottom right edge, '''Levi Civita S''' and '''Pavlov V''' towards the limb, '''Subbotin''' at center limb (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8628 AS13-60-8628] '''Pirquet''' (slightly rightward of centre), '''Denning''' (near lower right corner, leftward of it). (Danny Caes)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8657 AS13-60-8657] oblique view NW of '''Mare Moscoviense''', north at right; '''Bridgman''' at bottom center, '''Millikan''' at upper right (Nunki)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-60-8666 AS13-60-8666] oblique view NW of '''Mare Moscoviense''', north at upper left; '''Brigdman''' at center, '''Wiener''' and '''Campbell''' (dark floor) at right towards the limb (Nunki)<br /> '''check Hi-Res above photos now available'''<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki [[Image:Nunki-lg.jpg|16px|Nunki]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Nunki Nunki] <small>Mar 7, 2011</small></span><br /> <br /> '''Orbital "''unplottable''" photographs of Apollo 14'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-70-9838 AS14-70-9838] (description: "Dark")('''McClure''' near the frame's lower right corner)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-70-9839 AS14-70-9839] (description: "Dark") ('''Al-Marrakushi''' at right border)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-70-9840 AS14-70-9840] (description: "Dark")('''Crozier''' near the frame's lower left corner)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-71-9849 AS14-71-9849] (no description) '''Al Khwarizmi''' at lower left (with central peak), '''Moiseev''' and '''Moiseev Z''' at center-right, '''Ginzel H''' and '''L''' at top right; several swirls in the upper half of the frame<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-72-9977 AS14-72-9977] ("not identifiable") According to '''Nunki''', one of the visitors of the LPOD site, this frame and also AS14-72-9978 are oblique north looking views of the bright ray-craterlets located at 0°31'S 110°40'E, immediately west of '''Buisson V''', caught vertically in Apollo 10's AS10-33-4883.<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-72-9978 AS14-72-9978] (same as preceding 9977)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-78-10375 AS14-78-10375] (near terminator photography) Images AS14-78-10375-10378 are discussed here [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-362/ch4.2.htm Apollo over the Moon: A view from orbit (NASA SP-362)] and are a short sequence of continuous exposures of the area near the south-eastern edge of Oceanus Procellarum, south of '''Kunowsky''' crater.<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-78-10376 AS14-78-10376] (near terminator photography)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-78-10377 AS14-78-10377] (near terminator photography)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS14-78-10378 AS14-78-10378] (near terminator photography)<br /> <br /> '''Orbital "''unplottable''" photographs of Apollo 15'''<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-88-11956 AS15-88-11956] (Apollo 15's CSM ''Endeavour'' and the moon's curved horizon) Looking towards '''La Perouse''' and the bright cratelet '''La Perouse A'''. '''Von Behring''' is in the foreground.<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-88-11957 AS15-88-11957] (Apollo 15's CSM ''Endeavour'' and the moon's curved horizon) Visible below the LM window frame are bright shallow crater '''Rankine''' on the right and '''MacLaurin D''' on the left<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-88-11958 AS15-88-11958] (Apollo 15's CSM ''Endeavour'' and the moon's curved horizon) '''La Perouse A''' visible on the horizon with '''von Behring''' ahead of it, Rankine on the right<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-88-11959 AS15-88-11959] (Apollo 15's CSM ''Endeavour'' and the moon's curved horizon). Shows craters '''Hargreaves''', '''Morley''', and '''Maclaurin''', and also the southern part of '''Mare Spumans'''. See also Kipp Teague's [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-88-11959.jpg Hi-Res scan of 11959]. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Apr 23, 2011</small></span><br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-88-11960 AS15-88-11960] (Apollo 15's CSM ''Endeavour'' and the moon's curved horizon). The last photograph of this series shows Apollo 15's CSM ''Endeavour'' over the southern part of '''Mare Spumans''' (the dark area near the right margin of the frame). Several rays of the bright crater '''Petit''' are noticeable near the frame's upper right corner. Looking southeastward. See also Kipp Teague's [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-88-11960.jpg Hi-Res scan of 11960] and LAC 80 in Ben Bussey's and Paul Spudis's ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon''. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Apr 23, 2011</small></span><br /> <br />  Thanks '''NUNKI''' (Patricio Leon) and '''ONEBIGMONKEY''' for additional research!<br />  And also '''SYD''' of Kipp Teague's ''Apollo Discussion Group''!<br /> <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Feb 12, 2011</small></span><br /> <br /> 
==Additional Information==
 Another example of un-indexed orbital Hasselblads is [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/magazine/?35 Apollo 10's Magazine 35-U], which shows several interesting color photographs of well-known formations, such as: '''Gutenberg''', the '''Messier twins''', '''Montes Secchi''', etc...<br />  Why were these photographs not indexed?<br />  Anyway, it's worthwhile to locate the captured formations, and to add them (the photograph's ID-numbers) to the corresponding pages in THE MOON WIKI !<br />  January 2010: a new page (for Apollo 10's Magazine 35-U) is about to be created:<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Apollo%2010%20Magazine%2035-U http://the-moon.us/wiki/Apollo+10+Magazine+35-U]<br /> <br /> <br /> '''The Earthshine photographs of the moon's western Oceanus Procellarum/ Mare Orientale region.'''<br />  During the last Apollo mission (Apollo 17 in december 1972), the orbiting CMP (Ronald Evans) made [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/35mm/mission/?17 a series of Earthshine photographs with 35mm NIKON camera]. Some of these Earthshine-photographs were reproduced in the ''APOLLO 17 PRELIMINARY SCIENCE REPORT.'' The exact locations of the photographed regions (the frames) are online in the ''Lunar Index Maps'' of Apollo 17.<br /> <br /> <br /> 
==LPOD Articles==
[http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/December_2,_2007 A Lost Gem: the discovery of the wrinkle-ridge system Lamont and crater Carrel on the forgotten Hasselblad photograph AS11-37-5438].<br /> [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/August%201%2C%202008 An Overlooked Gem] (the Mare Orientale region in Earthshine).<br /> <br /> <br /> 
==Bibliography==
 -Robin Wheeler's excellent [http://history.nasa.gov/afj/simbaycam/simbaycameras.htm The SIM-bay cameras] (and all the related ''Apollo Flight Journal'' pages by David Woods and Frank O'Brien).<br /> <br />
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