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LRO Picture Apollo 11
According to NASA:
Landing Site of Apollo 11 with Lunar Module (LM)

Made by LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter).

Date: between 11th and 15th of July 2009. Image width 282 m.










Apollo 11 Landing Site
According to NASA: Landing Site of Apollo 11

Taken by LRO.   Date 9-Nov-2009.  High noon (sun incident angle: 2°) 

Link: https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/369233main_lroc_apollo11_256x256.jpg

Map of Apollo 11 Landing Site
Map 1969

Link: https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/ALS-2_vertical_w-ellipse.jpg

Lunar Map with Apollo 11 Landing Area
Overview Map
The CSM (Command and Service Module) is the Spacecraft for the return to the Earth.

[90° rotated, so that North is approximately on top.]


This overview map is the labelled photo AS11-37-5447, which was made from the Lunar Module (LM) shortly after the separation form the CSM. The map above with the ellipse is a detail of the same photo.


The sequence of the photos as reported by NASA shows an unbelievable yield of the photos: at the first flights around the Moon the following photo of the landing site could additionally be taken:
AS11-37-5437
AS11-37-5437
AS11-37-5437 Map
AS11-37-5437 Map
A single click on the release button had obviously been sufficient to catch the landing site during one of the first flyovers.
A short time after the separation the photo AS11-37-5447 was taken. From this photo the overview map was made as described above. Imagine: during the separation the CSM descends to a lower altitude. Then a photo is taken with the landing area and the CSM directly below the LM. Again a perfect timing!

AS11-37-5447
This is the original photo AS11-37-5447.


The whole sequence of the photos of the magazine 37 (70mm film, Hasselblad camera) can be retraced here: