NASA Photo ID: AS17-137-20990      File Name: 10075961.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/12/72
Title: View of the orange soil which Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 during EVA
Description:
A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the now 
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.               
Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
LUNAR LANDING SITES                     
LUNAR SOIL                              
LUNAR SURFACE                           

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