An Apollo 17 Panorama
			
		
		
		
			What would it be like to stand on the surface of another world, 
to look all around you, 
and to try to figure out how this world got there?  
To get an idea, scroll right.  
In 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission, astronauts 
Harrison Schmitt and 
Eugene Cernan found out first hand.  
In this case, the world was 
Earth's own 
Moon.  
In one of the more famous panoramas taken on the 
Moon, the 
magnificent desolation of the 
barren Moon is apparent.  
Visible are 
rocks, 
hills, 
craters, the 
lunar rover, and astronaut Schmitt preparing to take a 
soil sample.  
A few days after 
this image was taken, humanity left the 
Moon and has yet to return.  
An interactive version of the above image can be found 
here.