Apollo 17 astronaut sampling boulder at Station 7 (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Apollo 17 astronaut sampling boulder at Station 7

Caption

Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt samples the boulder at Station 7 located at the base of North Massif in the Taurus-Littrow valley.  This large boulder was dislodged by a strong moonquake that occurred about 28.5 million year ago.  The source of the quake was likely from an event on the Lee-Lincoln fault. 

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Credit: NASA/JSC/ASU

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