View of Hadley-Apennine area as photographed by Apollo 15

S71-44671 (30 July 1971) --- A near vertical view of the Hadley-Apennine area, as photographed by the Fairchild metric camera in the Scientific Instrumentation Module (SIM) bay of the Apollo 15 Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. This picture was taken shortly after the Lunar Module (LM) touched down on the moon. Hadley Rille meanders through the lower center of the picture. The Apennine Mountains dominate the picture. The LM landing site is on the east side of the rille's "chicken beak" in the center of the picture. The crater Hadley C is near the center of the photograph at the west edge of the rille. North will be at the top if the photo is held with the dark mare are on the left. The smooth, dark area is the Marsh of Decay. The three-inch mapping camera was one of eight lunar orbital science experiments mounted in the SIM bay.