English: Oblique view of Orlov (left center) and Orlov Y (right center), on the far side of the moon, facing southwest. Leeuwenhoek crater is in the left background. Taken from an altitude of approximately 114 km on Revolution 15 of the Apollo 17 mission. Sun angle is about 8 deg.
Date
between 7 December 1972 and 19 December 1972
date QS:P,+1972-12-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1972-12-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1972-12-19T00:00:00Z/11
Source
Apollo 17 35 mm Nikon camera image, rotated and cropped in GIMP. The original image is in the public domain because it is a work of the U.S. Government (NASA).
Immediate source: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Apollo Image Atlas Nikon Camera Image Catalog, Apollo 17, AS17-162-24105
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