Apollo 11 Lunar Soil, 1969
Black and white photo of lunar soil collected during the Apollo 11 mission. This is sample 10010, taken from the base of the lunar module ladder. Lunar soil, or regolith, is made up of fine particles of moon rocks, altered by meteorites and solar winds.
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