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Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 137/C - EVA-2. This photo was used in Figure 4-34 of the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (SP-330, 1973), which has the following caption:

A closeup of the trench dug in the orange band of soil. Behind the gnomon is the boulder pictured in figure 4-33.

This photo was also used in Figure 5-30 of the same report, which has the following caption:

Near-surface cross section of the startling deposit of orange soil on the southern rim of Shorty Crater. The pervasively fractured rock in the background is coarse-grained basalt. The gnomon rod is 46 cm long.

This photo was also used in Figure 6-41 of the same report, which has the following caption:

Northwest looking photograph showing intensely fractured basalt boulder on rim of Shorty Crater and locations of samples 74255 and 74275.

Caption from Figure 120 of The Geologic Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site, Geological Survey Professional Paper 1080, Edward W. Wolfe, Norman G. Bailey, Baerbel K. Lucchitta, William R. Muehlberger, David H. Scott, Robert L. Sutton, and Howard G. Wilshire. US Government Printing Office, Washington, 1981.:

Station 4 area showing locations of drive tube (74002/74001), trench samples (74220, 74240-49, 85-87, 74260), and basalt samples 74255 and 74275 before collection. Inset shows 74255 with reconstructed lunar surface orientation and lighting.
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