Apollo 14 Anaglyphs

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Flag, Ladder, and Laser Reflector

The laser reflector is an array of 'corner cubes' which, when properly positioned on the lunar surface, can reflect short laser pulse back to Earth and allow a very accurate measurement of the distance between the telescope that sent to pulse and the reflector.  The three arrays left on the Moon - one each by the Apollo 11, 14, and 15 crews - have provided invaluable data for the study of such things as plate tectonics on Earth and the General Theory of Relativity.  As of 2009, they are still in use.

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