File:Duke on the Descartes - GPN-2000-001123.jpg

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Apollo 16 astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duke" class="extiw" title="en:Charles Duke">Charles M. Duke Jr.</a>, pilot of the Lunar Module "Orion", stands near the Rover, Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at Station no. 4, near Stone Mountain, during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Descartes landing site. Light rays from South Ray crater can be seen at upper left. The gnomon, which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical Sun angle, scale, and lunar color, is deployed in the center foreground. Note angularity of rocks in the area.

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current06:46, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:46, 6 January 20173,000 × 3,104 (8.33 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Apollo 16 astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duke" class="extiw" title="en:Charles Duke">Charles M. Duke Jr.</a>, pilot of the Lunar Module "Orion", stands near the Rover, Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at Station no. 4, near Stone Mountain, during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Descartes landing site. Light rays from South Ray crater can be seen at upper left. The gnomon, which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical Sun angle, scale, and lunar color, is deployed in the center foreground. Note angularity of rocks in the area.
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