Apollo 17 Photo AS-17-M-1321

This is an actual NASA photo taken from the Apollo 17 Lunar Command Module orbiting above the moon while performing terrain mapping of the surface. This photo, along with several others like it, was taken during the period when the LCM was on the dark side of the moon. Downloaded directly from the photo archives located at the University of Arizona server. The full photo shown in its entirety in the first frame was cropped to select portions and artificially colorized to show depth and detail. No other manipulation to the image was performed other that computer colorization.
On a personal note, it is my belief that what we are seeing is a formation of plasma contacting directly against the Lunar Command Module camera viewing window. It appears to have a distinct three-dimensional quality as do other photos in this series. Plasma, often called the 'fourth state of matter' is the least understood. Accounts are told of a particular physicist who specialized in the study of plasma quit the field of study entirely claiming that plasma exhibited distinct qualities of showing advanced intelligence and wanted nothing further to do with it.

https://wms.lroc.asu.edu/apollo/view?camera=M&image_name=AS17-M-1321

I would like to thank and credit the free colorization service offered at https://palette.fm/
I would also like to credit VSDC Video Editor free software for providing a means of bringing this image to life. https://www.videosoftdev.com/

Music: Maggot Brain by Funkadelic 1971