Re: Stereo ON the moon?

[rdi@xxxxxxx]

Tim Smith <TSMITH@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>After reading the information plaque I discover 
>that it was a stereo camera intended to take three dimensional images of 
>rocks and surface textures.  Does anyone know if this camera was actually 
>used and where these images may reside?  Very interesting.

Several stereo pairs of the moon's surface are found in the book 
"Stereogram Book of Rocks Minerals and Gems" in the appendix.  Not real exciting; 
just closeups of dust, dirt, and small pebbles.  As somebody else already responded, 
the special 3D closeup camera used to take the photos was left on the moon; only 
the exposed film came back.  Too bad the astronauts didn't know about
"weight shift" 3D; we could have had some nice stereo pix of Armstong posing
next to the LEM.

>The Air & Space Museum is quite a place.  

Their web site (found under the Smithsonian's) is very nice, too.

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Rick Inzero                                     
Northern Telecom, Inc.                          
Rochester, NY                                   rdi@xxxxxxx


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