Title from caption on object: “Checking Rocks at Camelot”

December 12, 1972

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Associated Names
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a black and white photograph showing two figures in bulky suits on a textured landscape. The figures are possibly collecting samples. One figure is standing erect while the other is bent over, interacting with the ground. The rocky surface extends from the foreground to the background, which is composed of untouched terrain with striations and shadows. On the left side of the image, there is a typewritten text description. The focus of the image is the interaction between the figures and the landscape, suggesting an exploration activity.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.7 × 23.1 cm (6 3/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 23.1 cm (8 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.654

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along left edge printed in image: (MSC2-Dec. 13)--CHECKING ROCKS AT CAMELOT--Apollo 17 [circled in blue ink] Astronaut / Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt, right, bends down amid boulders / to check rock formations during a visit to the Camelot / Crater, Station 5 of the second EVA Tuesday night. Eugene A. / Cernan, flight commander, stands by to receive a sample to / be numbered and bagged. (AP Wirephoto from NASA television) / (dt40500efk)1972; on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: historicimages.com / nosp1349; center right stamped in red ink: DEC 14 1972

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