Apollo 16 hasselblad image from film magazine 118/nn - earth, undocking, moon. This photo is used in figure 4-2 of the apollo 16 preliminary science report (nasa sp-315), which has the following caption:highland terrain illuminated by a low sun. Anderson, the large crater that extends across the frame, is centered near latitude 16° n, longitude 171° e, in terrain that is typical of the far-side highlands. Sun elevations in this oblique view toward the northwest range from approximately 6° at the lower right corner of the frame to 12° at the far rim of anderson. The high proportion of shadow in highland terrain demonstrates the abundance of slopes exceeding the sun elevations.
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