Note: These are a set of slides bought from a company which duplicated them from NASA originals. Some 39 years later, they were scanned, but had detiorated badly. They have been adjusted, both during scanning and after, to try to restore the image quality. It's still not that great.
Wikipedia has a comprehensive article on Apollo 17.
All mod cons on the moon - vehicle, satellite dish and flag.
Just look at my new car! Low mileage, pristine condition, though could do with a wash to get the dust off.
Caution: Geologist At Work.
See what my new rover can do!
Not easily visible, but this shows some of the experiments left on the lunar surface.
Rover's link back to earth against the lunar landscape.
Looks like a last drive around the Lunar Module to check it's ready for takeoff.
I hope the parking brake on the rover is set. It would be unpleasant to have to chase it down the hill.
Detail of the instruments left behind to monitor the moon. At least one of the missions left a mirror for range finding from earth.
The colour chart on the tripod to the left is to allow compensation for lighting conditions, and also film variations. Then there's the red colour of the exposed surface.
Apollo 17 To The Moon
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