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View of the orange soil which Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 during EVA

A close-up view of the orange soil which the Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The orange soil was first spotted by Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt.



Catalog Date: 12 December 1972
Film Type: 70mm
NASA image: AS17-137-20989


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