606 a
Charles Duke

Portrait of John Young in front of the Lunar Rover, station 10 prime

Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, EVA 3, 169:22:31 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS16-117-18825” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with three filing holes in top margin

606 b
Charles Duke

Portrait of John Young in front of the LM Orion, station 10

Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, EVA 3, 169:27:53 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC caption numbered “AS16-117-18827” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso

606 c
Taken by the RCA TV camera mounted on the Lunar Rover and operated by Ed Fendell at Mission Control

TV pictures of the astronauts and the LM at station 10 prime

Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, EVA 3

Three unpublished photographs, vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), stamped “RCA Astro Electronics 72-4-597, 72-4-598 and 72-4-599” on the versos
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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606 a
A superb photograph of Young at Descartes.
The reflection of his photographer can be seen in his gold-plated visor.

“Young prepares to take samples at station 10 prime near the end of EVA-3. The gnomon minus its broken central staff marks the area to be sampled. Sample bags are held in his left hand, the cuff-card checklist is on his left arm, and the Hasselblad camera is mounted on the Remote Control Unit (RCU) on his chest. The Sample Collection Bag, which is attached to the Primary Life Support System (PLSS), is seen behind his left arm. The Rover with only a partial right rear fender stands in the background” (NASA SP-315, p. 4.19).

“During their 71 hours on the Moon, the Apollo 16 crew conducted three EVA’s totaling about 20.3 hours on the lunar surface. These EVAs included lunar rover traverses totaling 26.7 km” (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_16/surface_opp/).

“This had been a great day in spite of cutting EVA 3 short due to our late landing. We were having fun and were asking for an extension but to no avail.”
Charles Duke (Constantine, p. 113)

606 b
A great portrait of Young at Descartes.
He holds the lunar rake. The LM Orion (almost completely hidden behind Young) and the American flag are in the background.

The photograph was taken to document the location of a rake site (indicated by the broken gnomon in the foreground) 30 m to the south east of the Lunar Rover. This site was actually the station 10 visited a the end of EVA-2.

169:26:29 Young: See these neat little craters? You just run right through them. (Pause) There’s a lot of tracks around there, Charlie. That must be the old Station 10 right there. [...]
169:27:05 Duke: This is the old double core site; we’ll rake here.
169:27:13 England (Mission Control): That’s exactly what we want.
169:27:17 Duke: Okay. We’re within 3 meters of it.
169:27:22 Young: Be a good place.
169:27:23 Duke: Yeah. I think any of these places is a good place around here. [...]
169:27:51 Young: Okay, you “locating” it, Charlie?
169:27:53 Duke: Yeah. Old Orion.

606 c
Duke and Young collecting lunar samples with the rake and a double core tube and a close-up of the LM Orion showing the front of the ascent stage, with the hatch closed (but not latched) are seen in these B&W reproductions from a color TV transmission.

“There are a lot of difficult things wearing a pressure suit. [...] Mainly, you have to learn how to work your hand. In a suit that’s pressurized, your hands get awfully tired; by the end of the EVAs, you can barely move your fingers. So you have to learn how to work with your hands when your hands are so tired they don’t work anymore,” remembered John Young (Chaikin, Voices, p. 74).

From the mission transcript at station 10 prime:

169:20:48 England (Mission Control): The rake soil is first priority and then the double core.