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DescriptionApollo 17 orange soil.jpg	English: 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.
Date	December 1972
Source	http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/images17.html (original file)
Author	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Other versions	File:Orange Soil Discovery - GPN-2000-001152.jpg

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