James Irwin

Panoramic view with David Scott and the Lunar Rover in front of Mount Hadley Delta and Hadley Canyon at station 9A

Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971, EVA 3, 165:21:41 GET

Unique hand mosaic of three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper numbered “NASA AS15-82-11121 to AS15-82-11125” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin, overall size 22.5 x 54cm
22.5 x 54cm

NASA SP-289, appendix D, figure D-14; Constantine, p.83; Chaikin, Voices, pp.70-71.

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Station 9A was located at a spectacular site on the edge of Hadley Canyon, about 1.8km west of the LM. Scott is collecting the 500mm Hasselblad camera from the rover to photograph the far side of the Canyon (right) which is about 1 km across.
Behind the rover to the right is Mount Hadley Delta with the huge St George Crater punched into its side. Below Hadley Canyon bends to the south close to Elbow Crater. Silver Spur is visible to the left of Mount Hadley and Hadley C (a secondary peak) to the right. Bennett Hill is at the extreme right of the picture beyond the mare surface.

“There is just no comparison between what the TV showed and the detail we were seeing. In fact, if you look at a photograph and compare it to the TV, the visual view was that much better than the photograph.”
David Scott (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 165:21:41 GET)

165:21:03 Scott: We’re at a nice place to stop and we’re...
165:21:04 Allen (Mission Control): ...and, Jim, you may want to use Dave’s camera to record this (station) on film, while Dave uses...
165:21:06 Irwin: I am.
165:21:07 Allen: ...the 500-millimeter camera.
165:21:14 Irwin: That’s exactly what we’re doing.
165:21:15 Scott: Yeah, you must have dropped comm there, Joe. That’s what we’re in the process of doing here. After I dust your eye (the TV camera on the Rover) off. (Pause as Scott does the dusting) How’s that, Joe? (No answer; Pause)
165:21:41 Scott: (To Fendell at Mission Control) Attaboy; swing it (the TV camera) around there, and you’re going to see a spectacular place. Boy, oh, boy! [...]
165:22:40 Scott: And, I have the 500 out.
165:22:42 Allen: And look at that rille.
165:22:47 Scott: How about that?
165:22:48 Allen: How about that, geology fans?