The "Falcon" Lunar Module of the Apollo 15* landed on the moon on July 31, 1971 (JST) near the Hadley Rille, at the foot of the Apennine Mountains encircling the Mare Imbrium. The Hadley Rille is a sinuous rille with a length of 80km and depth of 300m. One of the objectives of the Apollo 15 mission was to study the origin of this rille. The rlle and the towering mountains near the rille make this a place of scenic beauty. This three-dimensional (3D) image was produced from stereo pair image data of the Terrain Camera (TC). The view point was set to show the rille from the west at a height of 15km. David Scott, one of the Apollo15 crew, collected a big, white rock at Spur Crater. It was the first highland rock, and became known as "Genesis Rock". Genesis Rock is an anorthosite, derived from the first lunar crust formed by the cooling of a magma ocean.
* The Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission, and fourth lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The Apollo 15 was launched on July 26, 1971 (JST), landed on the Moon on July 31, 1971 (JST), and then returned to Earth on August 8, 1971 (JST). This mission was the first "J mission" and was primarily concerned with scientific research, and stayed longer on the Moon than previous Apollo missions.
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