430 a
Alan Bean

Portrait of the gnomon and the Hand Tool Carrier (HTC) on the rim of Surveyor Crater

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 2, 133:41:31 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA AS12-49-7315” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin

430 b
Alan Bean

Pete Conrad on the rim of Surveyor Crater

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 2, 133:43:37 GET

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA AS12-49- 7318” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin

430 c
Alan Bean

Pete Conrad on the the rim of Surveyor Crater; light-struck black lunar sky

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 2, 133:43:37 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA AS12-49-7319” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin

NASA released a variant of this photograph (AS12- 49-7318).
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

430 b
Chaikin, Voices, pp.162-163.

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430 a
This cross-Sun photograph of a sample site is a “good portrait of the gnomon, with the HTC in the background. Note the core tubes which are affixed horizontally to the near face of the HTC” (ALSJ caption for AS12-49-7315).

133:40:41 Conrad: Al, look at these rocks; they look a little bit different.
133:40:44 Bean: Let’s grab some. [...]
133:41:03 Bean: Here’s a beauty over...Here’s a beauty! [...]
133:41:18 Conrad: Got a big glass splotch on it.
133:41:20 Bean: Yeah. That’s a good one. That’s a real good rock. I’ll get some pictures.
133:41:23 Conrad: Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
133:41:24 Bean: Okay.
133:41:25 Conrad: (Get the) gnomon in (the scene). (Pause)
133:41:31 Bean: That’s a beauty. That gnomon doesn’t really damp as fast as it should, you know, Pete. I think it does great in one g, but one-sixth g, it doesn’t seem to damp right. Let me get the cross-Suns, too. Oops, got to get over where you are. (Pause) Okay. (Pause) Okay. We’ll just put that in (the HTC unbagged). That’s a beautiful rock.

430 b
Conrad is holding a scoop in his right hand with the gnomon in front of him. The Hand Tool Carrier (HTC) is forward of his left foot.

“As Conrad and Bean were on the subtle rim of Surveyor Crater, they found that, like the ground near the LM, the soil was well compacted. There were only a few small rocks in evidence and on the inner slopes, the soil was just as dark as on the surrounding plain. Based on their observations from the first EVA, the astronauts expected that the footing would remain good as they would descend into the crater to visit Surveyor III in the climax of the Apollo 12 mission” (from the ALSJ mission summary).

133:43:20 Conrad: Step across over there (and) photograph that rock right there. Wait until I drop the gnomon in...
133:43:24 Bean: Okay.
133:43:25 Conrad: ...and do it in such a manner as to get this crater that it came out of.
133:43:28 Bean: That’s a good idea. Let me see if I can. I’ll have to back...Let me get a 15-foot shot.
133:43:32 Conrad: Yeah. That’s just what I was just thinking.

430 c
“Alan Bean took this picture of Conrad from the north during a stop at the south rim of Surveyor Crater. Note the large blocks that have been dug up by the small impact at Conrad’s right. The Hand Tool Carrier (HTC) is forward of his left foot. He is holding a scoop in his right hand and the gnomon is on the ground in front of his right foot” (ALSJ caption for AS12-49-7319).

133:43:34 Gibson (Mission Control): Pete, could we have your present position?
133:43:37 Bean: (Garbled) 15-foot (focus).
133:43:39 Conrad: (To Gibson) Roger. If you were looking at the Surveyor crater and west was 12 o’clock, we’re at the 9 o’clock position on the Surveyor crater.

“It’s a nice looking place we’re working. Look at all those rocks!”
Alan Bean (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 133:43:37 GET)