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a12_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, AS12-49-7278 eq, auto)

This superb picture shows Al holding the vacuum-sealed Special Environmental Sample Container (SESC). Photographer Pete Conrad has just poured soil into the container. We can see that it is nearly full. The lid is hanging by a cord from the bottom. This photo gives us a good view of the top of Al's Hasselblad camera and the cuff checklist and watch on his left sleeve. Note also that reflections of Pete and the Hand Tool Carrier are visible in Al's visor. Pete took this photo during the stop at Sharp Crater. It is also cited in the comments at 121:31:45.

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12.posteva1.html#1213145

A discussion of the f-stop decal on the top of Al's film magazine follows 132:59:04.

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12.sharp.html#1325904

Finally, Al's checklist is open to pages 12 and 13

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12.lmpcuf12.jpg

as can be seen in a detail

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12cuf7278.jpg

by Harald Kucharek.

 

Above per the ALSJ.

 

Also:

 

"Astronaut Alan L. Bean holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the extravehicular activity (EVA) in which astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Bean, lunar module pilot, participated. Conrad, who took this picture, is reflected in Bean's helmet visor. Conrad and Bean descended in the Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM) to explore the lunar surface while astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit."

 

At:

 

spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo12/html/...

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