Telephoto panorama of Hadley Canyon, viewed from station 10, 26 July-7 August 1971

Unique collage of thirteen vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, printed 1971, numbered "NASA AS15-89-12100" to "NASA AS15-89-12159" (NASA MSC) in black in top margin, 43 x 116 cm

The most extraordinary moonscape photographed by humans on the lunar surface, the breathtaking Hadley Canyon meanders across the Hadley Plain up to 1.5 kilometers across in places and 400m deep.
The Hadley-Apennine landing site offered the most beautiful scenery of the Apollo missions, a forbidding terrain near the massive 15,000- foot peak Mt. Hadley, an area cut by treacherous gorges and studded with strange mounds and craters.

From their perch on the edge of Hadley Canyon, Scott and Irwin would be able to see, describe, and photograph layering in the far wall, layering produced by the sequence of mare-filling lava flows. Limitations of time and equipment would prevent them from making the equivalent of a trip down the trails into the Grand Canyon for a close look at mare history; but at least they would be able to see and photograph enough to give the geologists insight into the history of mare deposition. (from the ALSJ mission summary)

As he previously did from station 9A 200 m away, David Scott photographed the spectacular west (far) wall of Hadley Canyon with his telephoto 500mm Hasselblad camera from its edge at station 10.
Although samples were collected, this station was primarily a stop for photography. The site was about 200m north-northwest of Station 9A. This offset distance provided a base for obtaining stereoscopic 500-mm and panoramic photography.

The area shown in the panorama is approximately 800m wide.
The bases of Bennet Hill (left) and Hill 305 (right) are in the background beyond the mare surface.
The edge of Hadley Canyon (from where Scott took this telephoto panorama) is visible in the foreground.
See also: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, February 1972, pp. 242-243.

“Oh, the beauty! The spectacular beauty. Oh, yeah, that is, to coin a phrase, mind-boggling. It’s absolutely mind-boggling, because you cannot believe that it is really that spectacular. I didn’t expect the beauty of it. That’s the one thing everybody talks about, and you can’t appreciate it until you get there and see it.”
David Scott (Chaikin, Space, p. 66)

From the mission transcript when the telephoto panorama was taken:
166:20:51 Allen (Mission Control): Dave, are you firing off the big camera?
166:21:00 Scott: Yup.

Watch more: Apollo 15 - In The Mountains Of The Moon (1971)

Literature:
NASA SP-289, p.5-27, figure 5-34 (variant).