AS16-109-17841 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Station 2 and sample rock 005 and 006 soil
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Description: View of Station 2 and samples 005 Rock and 006 soil taken during the first Extravehicular Activity (EVA) 1 of the Apollo 16 mission. The LMP has collected two samples in the immediate foreground near the scoop. This photograph, which was taken to document the location of the samples, catches the CDR (at the LRV) deeply involved with the portable magnetometer experiment. The tripod-sensor assembly is at the right margin of the photograph. The large crater in front of the LRV is Spook Crater, which is approximately 100 m in diameter. Stone Moutain, 500m high and 5 km in the distance, forms the skyline. Boot tracks and LRV tracks cross in the foreground. Original film magazine was labeled G,film type was 3401 (High Speed Black and White),60mm lens with a sun elevation of 25 degrees.
Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet)
Categories: EVA
Original: Film - 70MM B&W
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: Ground
Apollo 16 - AS16-104-17001 through AS16-M-3023
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