Eugene Cernan (American, 1934-2017)
Harrison Schmitt and the rover in the desolate lunarscape of Shorty Crater, Station 4, EVA 2, Apollo 17, December 1972. Numbered 'NASA AS17-137-21011' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (18.0 x 18.0 cm), unmatted.
Condition: Minor crease to u.r. corner of sheet.

N.B. The rim of Shorty Crater is in the right of the image; Family Mountain, rising 1000m above the valley floor, is in the background. "The clarity brought on by the lack of atmosphere gives the impression that objects are closer than they really are,' observed Schmitt. 'This atmospheric clarity made it difficult to estimate distances, so I used the known distance of my shadow and any given sun angle to calibrate my estimates of near field distances and crater diameters" (Constantine, p. 139).

Literature: Hope, p. 31.
Estimate $400-600


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