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The Apollo 12 Landing Site

Image Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
Published: September 7, 2023

This visualization shows the Apollo 12 landing site in three dimensions using photography and a stereo digital elevation model from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. The locations of the flag’s shadow, experiment package, astronaut paths, and the Surveyor 3 spacecraft are marked.

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