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    Apollo 15 Mission image - View of Station 4 and Rock sample, Cross Sun

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    Apollo 15 Mission image - View of Station 4 and Rock sample, Cross Sun

    WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES

    08.04.2010

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    NASA

    Much of the activity at station 4 was devoted to the boulders shown in this photograph. These boulders are basalts and represent material excavated during the formation of Dune Crater. The crew reported that vesicles are abundant in the boulders at this location and that some vesicles were as large as 9 cm. in diameter. The abundance and size of the vesicles in these boulders suggest that this basaltic material cooled on or very near the lunar surface. The photo was taken during the second Extravehicular Activity EVA 2 of the Apollo 15 mission. Original film magazine was labeled KK, film type was S0168 High Speed Color Exterior or Color Interior Ektachrome EF - High speed color reversal, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 31 degrees.

    NASA Identifier: AS15-87-11779

    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 08.04.2010
    Date Posted: 02.08.2013 14:20
    Photo ID: 850453
    Resolution: 3940x3946
    Size: 18.95 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., US

    Web Views: 17
    Downloads: 3

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