“EVA-3 at the SEP site. Partial pan. LM, LRV, SEP transmitter. Gene is sitting on the Rover, waiting for Jack to finish these documentation photos showing the LRV position at the start of the traverse.”
The above per the excellent Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (ALSJ) website:
history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/images17.html
And:
history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/AS17-141-21512HR.jpg
The Surface Electrical Properties (SEP) transmitter is actually out of the frame to the left. Additionally, deployed ALSEP components are visible in the distance, between Cernan & the LRV high-gain antenna, the central station distinguishable both by its larger size and its conspicuous earth-pointed antenna. Furthermore, “Geophone Rock” can be seen between the SEP Receiver-Recorder antenna mast & vertically stowed lunar rake, at the rear of the LRV. Finally, note also the ingeniously repaired right rear fender of the LRV.
Some muddled (to me at least) information - also, per the ALSJ, more specifically, the father of the ALSJ, Eric M. Jones - that I wasn’t previously aware of pertaining to the mountains in the background, particularly, the one just to the right of center:
“The Apollo 17 crew chose the name "Family Mountain" for one of the mountains guarding the western entrance to Taurus-Littrow "to honor the families of the crew members and their associates. Their sacrifices go unrecorded but not unrecognized."
The evidence presented below indicates that, prior to the mission, the name "Family Mountain" was applied to a mountain just west of the Scarp and near the base of the North Massif but that, during the mission, the crew applied the name to a larger peak, more prominent as seen from the LM, that lies west of the South Massif. I believe that it is the prerogative of explorers to change their minds. An example is that of Captain James Cook who, in successive drafts of his Journal, changed his choice of name for a famous place he visited from Sting Ray's Harbour to Botanist Harbour to Botanist Bay to Botany Bay. (See J.C. Beaglehole's 'The Life of Captain James Cook', p. 230.)
After discussing the matter with Jack Schmitt, I have chosen to apply, throughout the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, the name (West) Family Mountain to the more prominent peak and (Old) Family Mountain to the smaller peak.”
Excerpted from/at:
www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a17/a17.fam-mtn.html
As such, it seems that most/nearly all others, to include myself, have also called it “Family Mountain”.
However, from ”The Geologic Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site”, Geologic Survey Professional Paper 1080, Figure 9, page 20, the mountain in question is referred to as “West Massif”, and the mountain to its right is referred to as “Family Mountain”.
And, the LPI folks refer to it as “Family Mountain West”:
www.lpi.usra.edu/exploration/training/illustrations/lunar...
Bottom line: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Irregular loss of gloss along the left edge of the photographic paper, and to a much lesser extent, the top edge, doesn't infringe on, nor detract from the image itself.
