Apollo 17 Orange Soil 6 of 10
Video from the channel Skytroop about Apollo 17, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:15. Language: English. Video type: Archive footage.
Footage on the lunar surface during Apollo 17. Two astronauts drive a tube to collect a subsurface sample at Station 4, next to Shorty crater, and comment on how hard it is to push it in and pull it out.
The footage was filmed on the Moon during the AS-512 mission and comes from NASA's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal. It is the sixth of ten parts.
When they pull out the tube they see that they have gone through the reddish soil and that the tube is full of a very fine, dark gray, almost black material that contrasts with the orange earth. They cap the tube, carry it to the rover, and photograph the hole.