Lunar Photogrammetry: 3D Spatial Data from Apollo Mission Photos

By Mark Dahmke

Did you know that it’s possible to reconstruct 3D views of the surface of the moon using original Apollo photos from the 1960s? Using a technique known as photogrammetry, we can reconstruct three dimensional spatial data from old photographs, provided that we have at least two images taken from slightly different positions.

I used images from this NASA site: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/main.html
Photo credit: NASA. AI was used to generate the sculpture animation; all other content was generated from real images.

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