Apollo 15 landing site

[Mike JW]

Hi folks, I am having a great time with this run of clear skies coinciding with lunar targets on my lunar 100 list. Last night is was Apollo 15 landing site/Hadley Rille. No way was I going to make sufficient notes, sketches at the eyepiece for this complex area. I prepared a quick outline of the area traced off an image to get the key features in the right place. At the eyepiece I marked up the big bold shadows, the various rilles and the rough outline of the key mountains and raised areas.

Today - 5 hours, I have pulled it all together whilst having a photograph of the area by my side. I have often visited this area but with last night and today's efforts I feel I am much better acquainted with the area. When I scanned the original it lost some of the detail so I have used photoshop to draw them back in.

Mike

[acr_astro]

Hello Mike,

a very detailed sketch! I like the realistic 3D way your're depicting the crater rims and shadows and the grey tones and textures of the lunar surface!

Clear skies!

Achim

Edited June 14, 2020 by acr_astro