AS15-88-11863 (1 Aug. 1971) --- Astronaut David R. Scott; commander; gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The flag was deployed toward the end of EVA-2. The Lunar Module (LM); "Falcon;" is partially visible on the right. Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately 4;000 meters (about 13;124 feet) above the plain. The base of the mountain is approximately 5 kilometers (about three statue miles) away. This photograph was taken by astronaut James B. Irwin; lunar module pilot. While astronauts Scott and Irwin descended in the LM to explore the moon; astronaut Alfred M. Worden; command module pilot; remained in lunar orbit in the Command and Service Modules (CSM).