i. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt beside Tracy's Rock, December 7-19, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS17-140-21496' in red on top margin on recto, with 'Harrison Schmitt/apollo 17/Dec 1972' in pen and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt shakes lunar soil from his rake, December 7-19, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS17-154-20425' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

iii. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt at the lunar rover, December 7-19, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS17-137-21011' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

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The East Massif and Bear Mountain dominate the horizon in the background of photograph i. taken by astronaut Eugene Cernan 50m above the floor of the Valley of Taurus-Littrow.

“I wish I’d climbed to the top of the mountain to get even a better view. But, even where we were it was a much better panorama than we got from the Scarp (station 2A). We couldn’t see much from the Scarp. Over here, we could see everything: Challenger, the Scarp, the Sculptured Hills, and everything. I do remember this. It was fantastic - like coming over a hill and getting a look into a great big valley somewhere in the middle of Idaho,” said Eugene Cernan (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 165:35:20 GET).

165:34:53 Cernan: Oh, and there’s Challenger! Holy Smoley! You know, Jack, when we finish with Station 8, we will have covered this whole valley from corner to corner!
165:35:18 Schmitt: That was the idea.