File:Apollo 17 Cernan on moon.jpg

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current22:33, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 22:33, 3 January 20173,904 × 4,029 (2.61 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)In December of 1972, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17" class="extiw" title="w:Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a> astronauts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Cernan" class="extiw" title="w:Eugene Cernan">Eugene Cernan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt" class="extiw" title="w:Harrison Schmitt">Harrison Schmitt</a> spent about 75 hours on the Moon in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus%E2%80%93Littrow_(lunar_valley)" class="extiw" title="w:Taurus–Littrow (lunar valley)">Taurus–Littrow</a> valley. Near the beginning of their third and final excursion across the lunar surface, Schmitt took this picture of Cernan flanked by an American flag and their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Roving_Vehicle" class="extiw" title="w:Lunar Roving Vehicle">lunar rover</a>'s umbrella-shaped high-gain antenna. The prominent Sculptured Hills lie in the background while Schmitt's reflection can just be made out in Cernan's helmet.
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