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Apollo 16 Landing Site panorama with John W. Young

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo16-30018

Image Size 300 DPI: 84 * 28 cm

Panorama view of Apollo 16 commander Astronaut John W. Young, working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) just prior to deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) during the first moonwalk of the mission on April 21, 1972. The panoramic images received minimal retouching by NASA imagery specialists, including the removal of lens flares that were problematic in stitching together the individual frames and blacking out the sky to the lunar horizon. These adjustments were made based on observations of the Moon walkers who reported that there are no stars visible in the sky due to the bright lunar surface reflection of the Sun.

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1972 - APOLLO - APOLLO 16 - ASTRONAUT - FLAG - HORIZON - HUMAN - LM - LRV - LUNAR LANDING SITE - LUNAR MODULE - LUNAR SURFACE - LUNAR VEHICLE - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MODULE - MOON - MOONWALK - PANORAMA - POSTER - SOIL - SPACE - SPACE SUIT - SPACESHIP - YOUNG JOHN -