The last human's view from the surface of the Moon so far: a post EVA-3 window pan by Jack Schmitt, Apollo 17, taken 49 years ago #Todaygo.nasa.gov/2gLet2C
The last time we walked on the Moon. Portraits of Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt onboard the lunar module Challenger before lift off, 49 years ago #Todaygo.nasa.gov/2gLet2C#Apollo17
This is the Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger during its lift off from the lunar soil, happening 49 years ago #Todaybit.ly/2hu0csf
You can cleary see Gene Cernan in the Apollo 17 Lunar Module window, in this picture taken during the LM-CSM docking process, 49 years ago #Todaygo.nasa.gov/2gLVHIf
An Earthrise from the Moon orbit, once the Apollo 17 crew reunited on the Command and Service Module America, 49 years ago #Todaygo.nasa.gov/2AI33rV
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1⃣ Greenland is the world’s largest island that’s not a continent. It’s 3x Texas but 80% ice—2.85M sq km of frozen wildness. If that ice melts? Say goodbye to Florida.
2⃣ Greenland is big…but not THAT big. Thanks to the Mercator projection, on a map, it looks like it’s about the size of Africa or 3-4 times the size of Australia when, in fact, it is only one-fourteenth the size of the former and one-quarter the size of the latter.
3⃣ Population: 56,000. More polar bears (2,500) than towns (just 17). You’re more likely to meet a bear than a traffic jam.