Can you imagine how desolate the moon is? This new panorama was taken by the Chang'e 3 moon lander, showing how incredibly lonely it looks up there.

The image was taken by three cameras on the lander aimed at level, 15 degrees up, and 15 degrees down. The full panorama is stitched together from over 60 individual shots. On the left, the photo shows the recently-disembarked Jade Rabbit rover, which has cruised about 10 yards away from the lander by now. See the full panorama here. It's quite haunting.


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