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MITCHELL NEAR CONE CRATER—APOLLO 14 PANORAMIC IMAGES
THE GREATEST DISTANCE TRAVELED ON FOOT BY ASTRONAUTS FROM THEIR LUNAR MODULE
Large black and white photograph, 20 x 24 inches.

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New York

US$500 - US$700

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MITCHELL NEAR CONE CRATER—APOLLO 14 PANORAMIC IMAGES

THE GREATEST DISTANCE TRAVELED ON FOOT BY ASTRONAUTS FROM THEIR LUNAR MODULE
Large black and white photograph, 20 x 24 inches. Captions along the upper and lower border read in part: "APOLLO 14 PANORAMA - Boulder Field High on Flank of Cone Crater at Point of Maximum Distance from Lunar Module, EVA 2." Large photographs of this type were created just after to flight to assist with reconstruction of the exact path taken by the astronauts during their EVA.

Astronauts Shepard and Mitchell traveled as quickly as possible on foot up the rugged slope of Cone Crater trying to reach the rim during their second EVA (moonwalk). Mission Control advised them to stop their climb and begin geologic sampling and panoramic (pan) photography before oxygen constrains forced them to return to their Lunar Module. This large photograph has the Hasselblad pan obtained near the edge of Cone Crater with the first series of images facing north to east along the top and the second series continuing the view toward the south then west. Astronaut Mitchell is seen in this pan.

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