Apollo 16: House Rock

7 years 3 weeks ago #10269 by Todd

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I thought I'd start a thread on House Rock, since we don't have one going and in my opinion, it's one of the most astounding discoveries in all the Apollo EVAs. Unfortunately, the relevant surface Hasselblad 70mm color film reel, "Magazine 116/E" has stains running down the entire reel. I can't find anything online about the specific cause, but as someone who is very familiar with film and film processing, I'd say it was a fixer / rinse issue or something liquid got in the camera itself and it started to prematurely process the film. Whatever the cause, every version of 166/E I've seen, has junk running down it.
House Rock itself appears to be a giant hollow boulder with "porthole" features. The color 70mm surface pictures of House Rock are AS16-116-18603 and AS16-116-18604. Below I processed full size versions from the NASA/JSC/Arizona State University raw TIF scan.

NASA/JSC/Arizona State University original

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7 years 3 weeks ago #10271 by Todd

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NASA/JSC/Arizona State University original

The best way to see House Rock is in the ironically titled NASA educational film, "Nothing So Hidden." The EVA 3 House Rock exploration happens around the 21:16 mark.

AS16-106-17336 is a black and white 70mm picture of Charles Duke with House Rock in the background. Keith Laney has a version at his site on the "Apollo Digs #2 " page. I think it's probably the best version I've seen online.

www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/magazine/?116
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/images16.html#M116
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/images16.html#M106
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/AS16-106-17336HR.jpg

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6 years 11 months ago #10517 by Glitch_Neo

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Iv'e put the mosaic together - and tried to enhance - lighting is so difficult to work with on the moon - Keith's Image is stunning - loads of detail.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/204131

I might have to play with the original frame, as my work PC is more 'pants' than the crud at home! ....

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6 years 11 months ago #10542 by Todd

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Yeah, that Apollo stuff is bright and full of contrast. It's a challenge getting detail to come out in the highlights, but the info is usually there, especially on the ASU scans.

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6 years 11 months ago #10596 by Glitch_Neo

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Thanks Todd, I'll have a little bit of an experiment with smaller images see how's best to pull out some of the detail before I make any more mosaics

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6 years 11 months ago #10604 by Todd

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Here is a really clean version of " Nothing So Hidden " for download on the Internet Archive.

archive.org/details/Jsc-580Apollo16-NothingSoHidden.wmv_417

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6 years 11 months ago #10606 by Glitch_Neo

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Todd your my hero!

Many thanks!

House Rock sure is an odd looking "thing", I say thing because it looks like a small craft to me in decay...

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