Collection of 28 vintage second-generation glossy 10 x 10 silver gelatin photographs taken by the Metric Mapping Camera during Apollo 17, featuring numerous images taken across the lunar surface. Includes images of the Apollo 17 landing site at Taurus-Littrow, Mare Crisium, Mare Serenitatis, Rimae Sulpicius Gallus, the Apennine Front, Montes Carpatus, and the craters 'Dawes,' 'Aitken,' 'Heaviside,' 'Macrobius,' 'Peirce,' 'Picard,' 'Yerkes,' 'Romer,' 'Plinius,' 'Manilius,' and others. Also includes sunrise/sunset terminator sequences and stereo pairs. Each frame is identified in the border with its four-digit number and "AS17." In overall fine condition. Consignor notes that these photographs were acquired while working at the Manned Spacecraft Center from 1972-1974. These images were used by Planetary Scientists to not only help identify future landing sites, but also to understand the formation and evolution of the Moon.
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