File:Apollo 17 orange soil.jpg

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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.
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