Lunar Module - Apollo 16 Star Cluster the climate is more harsh

the climate is more harsh than a night in Antarctica

as seen from above Compton crater

The distinctive shape of the Ring Nebula

In these large clouds of gas

this region cannot be seen at all because dust lying between Earth and the galactic center blocks our view

Lunar Module - Apollo 16 Star Cluster the climate is more harshAn excellent view of the Lunar Module (LM) Orion and Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), as photographed by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA 1) at the Descartes landing site. Astronaut John Young, commander, can be seen directly behind the LRV. The lunar surface feature in the left background is Stone Mountain. While astronauts Young and Duke descended in the LM to explore the Descartes