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Description: View of the LaLande E Crater. Images were taken on Revolution 26 of the Apollo 14 mission. Original film magazine was labeled Q,film type was 3400BW (Panatomic-X,Black and White),80mm lens with a sun elevation of 31 degrees. Approximate Photo Scale was 1:1,380,000. Principal Point Lattitude was 4.5S by Longitude 11.5W,with a vertical camera tilt.

Subject Terms: Apollo 14 Flight, Moon (Planet)

Categories: Lunar Observations

Original: Film - 70MM B&W

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: Ground

This photo was used in Figure 18-21 of the Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Report (SP-272), which has the following caption:

Ray material from Lalande Crater superposed on secondary impact craters (points 1 and 2) from Copernicus Crater. Both Lalande and Copernicus Craters are outside of photograph.

The text of the Report refers to the figure as follows:

A number of elongate, somewhat triangular patches of bright-ray material can be seen in figure 18-21. These elongate patches can be traced eastward and are radial to Lalande Crater outside the photograph. The principle of superposition is well illustrated because the rays from Lalande Crater in this photograph clearly lie across raysand secondary crater clusters identified with Copernicus Crater, located approximately 450 km to the north. Thus, the relative ages of these two craters are established by simple superposition relations.