Apollo 11 Photos

This was the first Panorama captured by man on the lunar surface. It was taken an hour and 17 mins after touchdown while the crew were still inside the LM. The left side was captured by Armstrong from his left hand Commanders window and the right side by Aldrin from his right side Lunar Module Pilots window. Here the two mini panoramas have been combined into one.

The purpose of the Post Landing Panorama was to document the landing site as a contingency should they have to leave because of an emergency ‘no-stay’ decision.

This panorama essentially shows how flat and featureless the Apollo 11 landing site was. From Armstrong’s left hand window one of the thrusters of the Lunar Module can be seen plus a small double crater. To the right the shadow of the LM, above that a very distant hill. To the far right the start of a boulder field which was suspected to be the debris from the impact that created West Crater - a large crater about 500m from the landing site