On September 27, as the full Moon reached its closest point to Earth, it was also dimmed by a total lunar eclipse. This Supermoon eclipse lasted one hour and 12 minutes, and, according to NASA, was “visible to North and South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific.” While preparing to look up into the night sky and view this once-every-few-decades event, I found a treasure trove of lunar photography from the Project Apollo Archive, which just recently posted hundreds of unprocessed film scans from Apollo-mission Hasselblad cameras to its Flickr account.
Images From Apollo, Ahead of the Supermoon Eclipse
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Read moreIn December of 1972, Astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, takes a spin on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first Apollo 17 Extravehicular Activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Hasselblad image from film magazine 147/A. #
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Read moreApollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, photographed by Commander Pete Conrad (reflected in visor) in November of 1969. Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 49/Z. #
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Read moreThe Apollo 17 Service Module, in orbit around the Moon in December of 1972. Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 145/D. #
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Read moreApollo 17 astronaut Ron Evans has a shave during the outbound trip in December of 1972. 35mm image from film magazine 162/SS. #
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Read moreView of the lunar surface from orbit, on the Apollo 17 mission in December of 1972. Hasselblad image from film magazine 139/K - 500mm EVA-3. #
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Read moreEarth rises beyond the Moon and the Apollo 11 Eagle ascent stage, as it approaches the command module Columbia in July of 1969. Hasselblad image from film magazine 44/V - LM inspection, rendezvous. #
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Read moreEarth viewed from Apollo 17 in December of 1972, during a lunar Module inspection. Hasselblad image from film magazine 148/NN. #
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Read moreApollo 17 Lunar Lander and LRV on the surface of the Moon in December of 1972. Hasselblad image from film magazine 147/A - Rev12, EVA-1. #
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Read moreApollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard on the lunar surface in February of 1971. Hasselblad image from film magazine 66/II - EVA-1. #
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Read moreApollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott samples a boulder on the rim of Hadley Rille, photographed by Lunar Module Pilot, Jim Irwin reflected in Scott's visor, in August of 1971. Hasselblad image from film magazine 82/SS - EVA-3. #
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Read moreAn Apollo 17 EVA in December of 1972. Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3. #
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Read moreAn Apollo 17 EVA in December of 1972 Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3. #
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Read moreApollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad stands beside the Surveyor 3 lander, a NASA probe that had touched down in April of 1967, two years earlier, on a section of the Moon’s Ocean of Storms. Hasselblad image from film magazine 48/X - EVA-2 #
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Read moreApollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt poses with an American flag and Earth in the background during Apollo 17's first EVA in December of 1972. Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3. #
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Read moreApollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan in the Lunar Module. Hasselblad image from film magazine 145/D - EVA-2, Post-EVA-3 & Orbit. #
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Read more“Bunny Hop” astronaut bootprints visible on the lunar surface, near the LRV, during Apollo 17. Hasselblad image from film magazine 146/F - EVA-3. #
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Read moreThe Earth above the Apollo 17 Lunar Module. Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3. #
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Read moreApollo 17’s Lunar Rover. Hasselblad image from film magazine 146/F - EVA-3. #
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Read moreApollo 17’s Lunar lander on the Moon;s surface in December of 1972. Hasselblad image from film magazine 139/K - 500mm EVA-3. #
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Read moreApollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt poses with Earth in background, on the lunar surface beside the LRV. Image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3. #
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Read moreApollo 17 experiments and LRV. Hasselblad image from film magazine 147/A - Rev12, EVA-1. #
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Read moreApollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan on the lunar surface, in December of 1972. Hasselblad image from film magazine 140/E - EVA-3. #
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Read moreApollo 12 Lunar Module in orbit above the Moon’s surface in November of 1969. Hasselblad image from film magazine 51/R - Orbital. #
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Read moreApollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the Lunar Module in July of 1969. Hasselblad image from film magazine 36/N - Trans-Lunar. #
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Read moreEarthrise, seen from lunar orbit during the Apollo 11 mission. Hasselblad image from film magazine 44/V - LM inspection, rendezvous. #
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