NASA: AS16-106-17340. ENLARGEMENT BY CLAVIUS.

NASA: AS16-106-17340. ANNOTATION BY CLAVIUS.

This extreme enlargement from the background of the photo on the right shows a domed house with a satellite dish outside.

NASA: MET 167:38. COURTESY ALSJ.

The image is quite obviously the lunar rover in front of a large boulder. The photo was taken at around MET 167:38:00, for which we have video coverage. The astronauts have walked down a hill from the lunar rover about halfway to House Rock. They have stopped to take samples. John Young takes samples while Charlie Duke photographs the sample collection. One of his photos is a "locator" toward the rover.

In prior footage we can see the astronauts clearly descending a slope toward the boulder, consistent with the apparent upward angle of the Hasselblad photo.

The photo below is the enlargement from above placed side-by-side with another photograph of a lunar rover in a similar orientation. A few familiar rover features are indicated in both photos.

NASA: DETAIL OF AS16-106-17340 (LEFT), DETAIL OF AS17-137-21011 (RIGHT). ANNOTATIONS BY CLAVIUS.