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

TV pictures at the LM at the beginning of the last EVA

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

Two unpublished photographs, vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), stamped “RCA Astro Electronics 72-4-579 and 72-4-581” on the versos (NASA / RCA), the second with a crease in upper left corner

598 b
Charles Duke

Telephotographs of the summit ridge and the base of Stone Mountain, taken from the landing site

Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, EVA 3, 165:50:38 GET

Two unreleased photographs, vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA AS16-105-17056 and AS16-105-17109” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin

598 c
Charles Duke

Telephoto panorama of the right flank of Stone Mountain

Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, EVA 3, 165:50:38 GET

Unique hand mosaic of three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, overall size 23 x 51cm, numbered “NASA AS16-105-17092 to AS16-105-17095” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin
23 x 51cm

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598 a
These B&W reproductions from the color TV transmission show the astronauts loading and
preparing the Lunar Rover for the traverse and the American flag planted at the Descartes landing site.

598 b
Two frames from a telephoto panoramic sequence picturing Stone Mountain taken by Duke with the 500mm Hasselblad near the LM at the beginning of the last EVA.

165:44:38 Duke: And, Tony, our (Hasselblad) cameras are loaded as per checklist.
165:44:43 England (Mission Control): Okay, the changes on that...
165:44:44 Duke: Tell me again what mags you want on the 500?
165:44:47 England: ...500 millimeter is magazine Mike.
165:44:54 Duke: Okay.
165:44:58 England: And while you have it in your hand, we’d like a pan of Stone Mountain with it.

598 c
Duke took this partial telephoto panorama with the 500mm Hasselblad near the LM at the beginning of the last EVA.
It shows lineations on the eastern flank of the 500m high Stone Mountain, about 5 km away.

165:50:38 Duke: Okay, Tony. Your 500 (mm telephoto panorama) is complete. I’m up to frame count 65.
165:50:44 England: Okay. On (magazine) Mike, (frame count) 65.
165:50:50 Duke: That’s affirmative. And I got a horizontal pan, east to west, three levels of it.
165:50:58 England: Good show.
165:50:59 Duke: Top to bottom of the mounteen (sic).
165:51:02 England: That should make them all happy. How about those lineations. Do you see them still today?
165:51:08 Duke: (Not having heard England’s question) And the lineations, you can see...(Stops to listen) Yeah, they’re still there. They seem wider apart today than they did yesterday, though.

“That’s the other thing about the Moon, you have no feeling of depth perception. Because you have no telephone poles or anything to relate to.”
John Young (Chaikin, Voices, p. 70)