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NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : AS17-137-20990
Date : 12/12/1972

Title

Orange Soil Discovery

Full Description

A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the highly- publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crewmen found on the Moon during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The tripod-like object is the gnomon and photometric chart assembly which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical Sun angle, scale and lunar color. The Gnomon is one of the Apollo lunar geology hand tools.

Keywords

Apollo 17 Taurus-Littrow Orange Soil Shorty Crater Moonwalk

Subject Category

EVAs-Moonwalk, Apollo 17,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: JSC
  • Center Number: AS17-137-20990
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001152

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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Thumbnail .jpg 90 90 14
Small .jpg 640 642 367
Medium .jpg 1500 1505 1,800
Large .jpg 3000 3009 6,533

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