NASA Photo ID: AS17-134-20466     File Name: 10075969.jpg

Film Type: 70mm cn                Date Taken: 12/12/72

Title: Close-up view of U.S. flag deployed on Moon by Apollo 17 crew

Description:

A close-up view of the U.S. flag deployed on the Moon at the Taurus-Littrow 
landing site by the crewmen of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The 
crescent Earth can be seen in the far distant background above the flag.
The  lunar feature in the near background is South Massif.