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Apollo 16 Mission image - View of Station 1 and Sample 353 Rock,368 Soil Trench
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Apollo 16 Mission image - View of Station 1 and Sample 353 Rock,368 Soil Trench

NASA / JSC · 2009-03-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS16-114-18412 (16-27 April 1972) --- The gnomon and color patch, one of the Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT), is deployed atop a lunar rock, in this photograph taken by one of the Apollo 16 astronauts during their lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Descartes landing site. The gnomon is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical sun angle, scale, and lunar color.

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Credit lineApollo 16 Mission image - View of Station 1 and Sample 353 Rock,368 Soil Trench. NASA/JSC, 2009-03-24. Public domain. ID: as16-114-18412.
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