Image: Apollo 17 orange soil
Size of this preview: 595 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 238 × 240 pixels | 3,908 × 3,940 pixels.
Original image (3,908 × 3,940 pixels, file size: 4.41 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Description: Close-up of the orange soil discovered on the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The color is caused by microscopic glass beads created by volcanic processes earlier in the Moon's history. This is NASA photo AS17-137-20986, File:Orange Soil Discovery - GPN-2000-001152.jpg.
Usage Terms: Public domain
Image usage
The following page links to this image:
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.
