Family photograph on the lunar surface - photo

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I wonder how long it lasted exposed to direct solar radiation?
Is there even any trace of it left?

I found this info here:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/scien...astronaut-spt#

Speaking to Business Insider in 2015, he said: “I’d always planned to leave it on the moon.

“So when I dropped it, it was just to show the kids that I really did leave it on the moon.”

While Mr Duke was training to be an Apollo astronaut, he spent jthe vast majority of his time in Florida, but his family was based in Houston.

As a result, his children didn’t see much of their father in the build-up to Apollo 16’s launch.

He said: “So just to get the kids excited about what dad was going to do, I said 'Would y'all like to go to the moon with me?'
Some 50 years have passed since Mr Duke walked on the moon.

While the footprints that he made in the lunar soil will likely be unchanged, he suspects the photo is not in the best of shape by now.

Speaking seven years ago, he said: “After 43 years, the temperature of the moon every month goes up to 400 degrees [Fahrenheit] in our landing area and at night it drops to almost absolute zero.

“Shrink wrap doesn't turn out too well in those temperatures.