Pythagoras Crater "The Eagle has landed"
Taken by Philip Smith on June 2, 2023 @
Manorville, NY USA
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Date Taken: 2023:06:05 02:51:48
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I imaged the large crater Pythagoras on the morning of 06-02-23 from my Manorville, NY observatory. When I first saw this crater, this close on my pc monitor, I had to do a double take. I could not believe what I thought I was seeing. I know my mind was playing tricks on me. I have in the town nearby this statue of a bald eagle with its wings spread open, perched on a half dome-shaped Earth. So my mind was playing tricks and made me think of that, which is why I imaged this crater. As I said: It looked like a large eagle with its wings spread open and perched on a large hill. I am naming this image "The Eagle has landed". The saying was first made popular when Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon for the first time alongside Buzz Aldrin. He said, “The Eagle has landed,” to tell NASA Mission Control Center that the pair had made a safe trip to the Moon on July 20, 1969. They landed on an area of the Moon called the Sea of Tranquility.
Pythagoras is a prominent impact crater located near the northwestern limb of the Moon. It lies just to the northwest of the somewhat larger Babbage. The crater has an oval appearance due to the oblique viewing angle. Only the western face of the interior can be viewed from the Earth, the other side being permanently out of sight.
The well-preserved rim of Pythagoras has a wide terrace system and a slight rampart around the exterior. Although generally circular, the crater outline has a hexagonal form. The floor is flattened but with an irregular, hilly surface. There is evidence of landslips around the periphery. In the center is a sharp, mountainous rise with a double peak that ascends 1.5 kilometers above the crater floor.
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