Apollo 17 The Last Man on the Moon

Original Photos : NASA Interactive panorama stitched by: Hans Nyberg - Panoramas.dk

Launched: 7 December 1972 UT 05:33:00 (12:33:00 a.m. EST)

Landed on Moon: 11 December 1972 UT 19:54:57 (02:54:57 p.m. EST)

Eugene A. Cernan, commander

Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot

Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot

Apollo Lunar Surface Journal Apollo 17 Wikipedia Journal transcript for this panorama Time:146:48:44 Images used for this panorama AS17-145-22159 (OF300)

146:48:44 This is the first frame of a superb pan Gene took at Station 5 It shows a view across the rim boulder field toward Wessex cleft.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. East wall of Camelot Crater.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Rover on the rim of Camelot, up-sun from the boulder field.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Up-Sun view of the Rover.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. East Massif.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Bear Mountain is the low, dome-shaped hill in the foreground.

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146:48:44 This superb picture from Gene's Station 5 pan shows Jack running back to the Rover, carrying the scoop in his left hand. Bear Mountain is above right-center and the East Massif dominates the left horizon. Note that Gene did not turn to his right after taking 22164, a clear indication that he saw Jack coming and decided to wait for him to come into the field-of-view. This superb picture is an intentional 'study' of Jack in motion.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Bear Mountain and the eastern foot of the South Massif. A detail shows a set of Rover tracks. The pattern of disturbance in the small crater on the left side of the image suggests that these tracks were made while Gene was driving from right to left, and probably while he was approaching the Station 5 parking place.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. South Massif. Rover tracks visible.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. South Massif. Rover tracks visible.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. South Massif.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. South Massif.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. This frame shows the sunward face of the Scarp, its brightness enhanced by material from the South Massif avalanche that covered much of the western entrance to the valley of Taurus-Littrow.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Down-Sun toward the Scarp.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Gene turned to his right and lowered his aim to get a picture of the gnomon and color/gray scale.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Boulder field and the western horizon.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Boulder field and the western horizon. The lower hills on the right are a westward extension of the North Massif.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Hanover crater and the extension of the Scarp on the side of the North Massif is just above and slightly to the right of center. From this vantage, the area around Hanover is brighter than it was from Shorty. Note the bright, white patches of shattered minerals - primarily shattered plagioclase feldspar crystals - associated with 'zaps' on the foreground boulders.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. The west wall of Camelot Crater can be seen on the right.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. North Massif. West wall of Camelot Crater.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. North Massif. West wall of Camelot Crater.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Camelot Crater. The dark boulder and its long track can be seen on the lower slopes of the North Massif at the right.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Camelot Crater. North Massif.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Camelot Crater. North Massif.

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146:48:44 From Gene's Station 5 pan. Camelot Crater. Wessex Cleft.From Gene's Station 5 pan. East wall of Camelot Crater.

Pano 2 Journal transcript for this panorama Time:145:49:03 Images used for this panorama AS17-137-20991

145:49:03 This first frame of Gene's Station 4 pan shows the deep shadow on the eastern wall of Shorty, with the North Massif in the background.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 20991. Eastern portion of the central mound. Hanover Crater and a continuation of the Scarp can be seen in the distance on the North Massif.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 20992, showing part of the central mound in Shorty. Hanover Crater and a continuation of the Scarp can be seen in the distance on the North Massif.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 20993, showing the northern wall of Shorty and the central mound. Hanover Crater and a continuation of the Scarp can be seen in the distance on the North Massif.

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145:49:03 Gene lowered his aim to show most of the central mound.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 20995, showing the western wall of Shorty and the central mound. Note the pattern of reddish orange streaks going into the crater from the rim. Gene mentions this coloration at 145:48:36.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 20996, showing the pattern of reddish orange streaks going down into the crater from the rim. Gene mentions this coloration at 145:48:36.

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145:49:03 Similar to 20997, showing the pattern of reddish orange streaks going down into the crater from the rim. Gene mentions this coloration at 145:48:36.

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145:49:03 Rightward of 20998 and aimed higher.

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145:49:03 Rightward of 20999, showing the northwest wall of Shorty with Hanover Crater and the extension of the scarp on the North Massif in the distance.

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145:49:03 Rightward of 21000, showing the north wall of Shorty with Hanover Crater and the extension of the scarp on the North Massif in the distance.

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145:49:03 Rightward of 21001, showing the north wall of Shorty with Hanover Crater and the extension of the scarp on the North Massif in the distance.

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145:49:03 Rightward of 21002, showing the northeast wall of Shorty with Hanover Crater and the extension of the scarp on the North Massif in the distance.

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145:49:03 Rightward of 21003, showing the deep shadow on the east wall, with the North Massif in the distance.

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145:49:03 Gene turned to his left to get another picture of the red/orange streaks going down into the crater from the rim beyond the Station 4 boulder.

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145:49:03 Similar to 21005 but probably at a different f-stop.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21006 with the Station 4 boulder and the area where Jack and Gene sampled the orange soil of the lefthand side.

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145:49:03 Similar to 21007 but aimed lower. Note the sunlit face of the scarp immediately above the top row of reseau crosses.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21007. This frame is part of an excellent pan that Gene took from the SE rim of Shorty Crater. It shows Jack at his Rover seat and, in addition to the patch of orange soil between the Rover and the boulder beyond, it shows streaks of orange soil on the inner wall of the crater beyond the boulder.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21009, showing Jack at his Rover seat.

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145:49:03 Similar to 21010. Jack is at his LRV seat holding the double core. The trench site in orange soil is at the fiducial mark to the left and just above the LRV. Note the patch of orange soil on reseau spacing left and below the center cross.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21011. Jack is now at the front of the Rover. The in-bound Rover tracks are labeled in a detail ( 162k ).

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21012, with the back of the Rover at the righthand edge. Note the two, fresh, sharp-rimmed craters in the middle distance, with the righthand crater being indented on the north by a smaller crater. As can be seen in a detail ( 240k ), Gene drove close to the rim of the righthand crater on his way to Station 4. The Rover wheels are centered 72 inches ( 1.8 m) apart and we can estimate that the main component of the righthand crater is about 10 meters in diameter. As can be seen in a labeled detail from Pan Camera frame 2309 ( 1.6 Mb ), this crater is about 80 meters from Gene's pan location on the southeast rim of Shorty.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21013. Lennie Waugh notes that an addition track segment can be seen in the distance, as indicated in an enhanced detail ( 154k ).

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21014, showing the entire South Massif summit ridge.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21015, showing the eastern slope of the South Massif.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21016. The debris in the foreground suggests a secondary crater off the bottom of the frame.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21017. Bear Mountain is the low mound on the left in front of the East Massif.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21018, toward the East Massif.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21019, with the East Massif on the right and the Sculptured Hills on the right.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21020, with the East Massif on the right and the Sculptured Hills on the right.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21021. Up-Sun along the Shorty rim.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21022. View along the Shorty rim toward Wessex Cleft.

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145:49:03 Leftward of 21023. East rim of Shorty, with the North Massif in the background.







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