551 a
Taken by the automatic Itek panoramic camera mounted on the SIM bay of the Service Module and operated by Alfred Worden

Enlarged vertical view of the Hadley Apennine landing site

Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971, orbit 27

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “NASA 71-H-1553” on the verso

551 b
Taken by the automatic Itek panoramic camera mounted on the SIM bay of the Service Module and operated by Alfred Worden

Enlarged view showing an area with a design similar to the “peace” symbol on the northwest wall of the farside crater Van De Graaf

Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “NASA 71-H-1553” on the verso

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Taken by the automatic Itek panoramic camera mounted on the SIM bay of the Service Module and operated by Alfred Worden

Enlarged view of Crater Aristarchus

Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with Itek caption in bottom margin and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / Itek)
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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551 a
This enlarged view from frame 9430 of the Itek panoramic camera shows St George Crater and
the slope of Hadley Delta at the bottom (south) of picture, Hadley Canyon (with one of his walls in shadow and Elbow Crater next to it) at the left.
The LM Falcon touchpoint is just to the northwest of the center of picture.
Latitude / longitude: 26.13°N 3.63°E.

551 b
“An enlarged view from frame 0076 Roll 15 of the Itek panoramic camera. An unusual combination of straight depressions within a lunar farside crater create a design similar to the peace symbol. The area shown is 24.5° S 172.5° E” (NASA caption).

551 c
“This crater was named for Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer of the 3rd century B.C. It is one of the brightest spots on the nearside, probably due to the high reflectivity of the boulders and other ejected materials that litter the area. These boulders or blocks, some as large as 300 feet, can be seen on the slopes, floor, and rim of the crater. The crater is about 25 miles in diameter and two miles deep, and has a central peak about 1,000 feet high” (Itek caption).
Latitude / longitude: 23.7°N 47.4°W.