Sea of tranquility by Garlor
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Description
The moon reflected in pond ice.
Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin for Sea of Tranquility) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on Earth's moon.
In 1965, the Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed in Mare Tranquillitatis, after successfully transmitting 7,137 photographs of the moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission. This mare also served as the landing site for the Apollo 11 lunar module, the first manned landing on the Moon. The landing area at 0.8
Comments (7)
newangels
Beautiful photography :) Angela
kjpweb
Cool image in the sense of the word - good connection to the title as well!
Valerie-Ducom
Oh yes, so beautiful picture and excellent color!!!! Excellent calm... :)
lizzibell
Excellent....
frankie96
Very nice composition..and explanation...
nicolaperniskii
Lovely shapes, well done.
A2J2001
Very nice picture, thanks for the history.