Apennine Mountains

While the previous Apollo 11, 12 and 14 missions I would hope you all know what happened to Apollo 13... had landed on relatively flat terrain near the moon's equator, Apollo 15 landed in the moon's Apennine Mountains, near the edge of Hadley Rille, a canyon over a thousand feet deep.

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Thinking Our Way To The Moon" Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

But out of the six locations on the moon's surface visited by human beings, the Apollo 15 landing site in the Apennine Mountains is, in my eyes, the most beautiful.

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Thinking Our Way To The Moon" Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

While the previous Apollo 11, 12 and 14 missions I would hope you all know what happened to Apollo 13... had landed on relatively flat terrain near the moon's equator, Apollo 15 landed in the moon's Apennine Mountains, near the edge of Hadley Rille, a canyon over a thousand feet deep.

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Thinking Our Way To The Moon" Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

But out of the six locations on the moon's surface visited by human beings, the Apollo 15 landing site in the Apennine Mountains is, in my eyes, the most beautiful.

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Thinking Our Way To The Moon" Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

But out of the six locations on the moon's surface visited by human beings, the Apollo 15 landing site in the Apennine Mountains is, in my eyes, the most beautiful.

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Thinking Our Way To The Moon" Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

While the previous Apollo 11, 12 and 14 missions I would hope you all know what happened to Apollo 13... had landed on relatively flat terrain near the moon's equator, Apollo 15 landed in the moon's Apennine Mountains, near the edge of Hadley Rille, a canyon over a thousand feet deep.

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Thinking Our Way To The Moon" Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

Anyone weary of rising home prices in their city might look to Italy's Apennine Mountains, where aspiring property owners can buy an entire village for a mere $782,040.

Valle Piola, Medieval Italian Village, On Sale For $782,040 2011

RECANATI, ITALY -- This 12th-century gem, birthplace of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, rests on a lyrical hilltop in the Apennine Mountains.

Fears of crushing debt spread to cities, provinces 2010

RECANATI, ITALY -- This 12th-century gem, birthplace of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, rests on a lyrical hilltop in the Apennine Mountains.

Fears of crushing debt spread to cities, provinces 2010

Or they might have gone into the Apennine Mountains to set up a camp of runawayswhat in later days was called a community of maroons from a Spanish word meaning living on mountaintops.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009