John Young jumping and saluting the American flag, EVA 1, 16-27 April 1972

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1972, numbered "NASA AS16-113-18339" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 25,4 x 20,3 cm

The iconic photograph of the “jumping salute”.
In a burst of exuberance, Young demonstrates the Moon’s meager gravity pull. (Mason, p.190)
He reached a maximum height of 0.42 m.

“This shows the advantage of lunar gravity. I weighed, with my suit and backpack, about 360 Earth pounds, but only 60 pounds (30 kg) in the 1/6 gravity of the moon. The ‘jumping salute’ photo is one of my favorite pictures, as it shows how nice it will be to live and work on the Moon.”
John Young (Jacobs, p. 109)

From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken (at T+120:25:42 after launch):
120:23:56 Young: That’s all right. (Grunts) That’s got it. (Pause)
120:24:05 Duke: Wait a minute. You’re not getting away from there without me getting your picture. [...]
120:24:20 Duke: You are black from the knees down already.
120:24:23 Young: I know, I had to go...I’ve been on my knees twice to get things. (There’s) no way to avoid it. That’s why I’m glad the pressure suit bends. [...]
120:25:23 Duke: Hey, John, this is perfect, with the LM and the Rover and you and Stone Mountain. And the old flag. Come on out here and give me a salute. Big Navy salute.
120:25:35 Young: Look at this. (Pause)
120:25:40 England (Mission Control): That’s a pretty outstanding picture here (on the TV), I tell you.
120:25:42 Duke: Come on; a little bit closer. Okay, here we go. A big one.

Literature:
LIFE, 12 May 1972, ppg. 6-7; The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962–1972, Schick and Van Haaften, ppg. 116-117; Spacecam: Photographing the Final Frontier from Apollo to Hubble, Hope, pg. 32; Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, pg. 109; A Man on the Moon, Chaikin, ppg. 140-141.