NASA Photo ID: AS16-114-18433 File Name: 10075850.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 04/22/72
Title: View of the Lunar Portable Magnetometer on the LRV photographed during EVA
Description:
View of the Lunar Portable Magnetometer mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle
(LRV) which was parked at Station 2 on the Descartes lunar landing site. It
was photographed by the Apollo 16 crew during their second extravehicular
activity (EVA-2). Note the shadow of the astronaut taking the photograph in
the left foreground.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
LUNAR ROVING VEHICLES
LUNAR SURFACE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
METERS
SHADOWS
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