Authentic NASA Type I color photograph issued in late 1969 showing Apollo 12 Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean working on the ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) near the Lunar Module Intrepid.

The image was taken by Mission Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad during the second EVA on November 19, 1969, the day after the first precision lunar landing.

• Official NASA release stamp and descriptive text on reverse (reads “AS12-45-6797 — ALSEP … November 19 1969”).
• Produced contemporaneously by NASA Photo Lab / MSC; not a modern reproduction.
• Measures approximately 8 × 10 inches, glossy finish.
• Condition: light edge toning and a few handling marks consistent with age; image area sharp with rich color and no creases.
• Provenance: from a government photographic archive; unclassified official release.

This is one of the clearest period photographs of astronaut Alan Bean deploying the first nuclear-powered experiment package on the lunar surface—an iconic image from humanity’s second landing mission