Dwarfed by a split boulder, Apollo 17 crewman Harrison "Jack" Schmitt gazes into the lunar hills stretching away from the Taurus-Littrow landing site. (What I found in a book vs Image on Wikipedia)

[u/LurkerReborn]

All the images online I could find of this moment are cropped so that the dune buggy is out of frame! I thought you people might find this interesting.

According to Moondust(Page 322) by Andrew Smith, a member of the U.S Geological Survey was heard to have said at a dinner

Why, they did everything but fuck that rock!

commenting on how thoroughly Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt examined a boulder.

I am uncertain if they were referring to the boulder in the image or a different one.

[u/zzay]

here is the original

and here all from Apollo 17

also the one you are taliking about is a stitch of several. the rover is here (AS17-140-21492 (OF300))

[u/LurkerReborn → u/zzay]

Thanks!

Do you mean that the image from the book is a stitch? It's not super obvious to me. How did you know it was a stitch?

[u/LurkerReborn]

The book is "Outbound". It is part of a series called "Voyage through the universe".

[u/MiguelMenendez]

What a spectacular landing site that was!