564 a
“ Before trans-Earth injection, the CSM launched a subsatellite around the Moon containing three experiments: the S-band transponder, the particle shadow/boundary layer experiment, and a magnetometer “(NASA SP-289, p. 3.27).

As the subsatellite departed, not only the crew filmed it with the DAC 16mm camera, but also with a Hasselblad using magazine Q and a 250-mm telephoto lens.

222:42:25 Scott: A very pretty satellite out there. We get about two flashes per rev off each boom, and it seems to be rotating quite well. Very stable.

564 b
These photographs from magazine 95/RR were taken with the 500mm lens and the transparent glass reseau plate engraved with grid markings of the lunar surface Hasselblad telephoto camera and show the entire Smyth’s Sea (373 km in diameter, center) and the 137-km Crater Neper at the bottom right (latitude /longitude: 2S 85.5E); and a large portion of the Moon including the 201-km crater Janssen at the bottom right (latitude / longitude: 43S 27E).

“We turned around to take a look at the Moon, and that was one of the nicest views we had the whole trip - knowing that we were on the way home, and getting to see all the terminators from the Moon. We made a number of comments, that we recorded, on what we saw. It was quite obvious that we were going straight up. You could see the results of the burn immediately. There was no question that we had a significant change in our velocity,” noted David Scott (from the 1971 Technical Debrief at 224:05:05 GET in the AFJ mission transcript).

564 c
This photograph from magazine 96/Q taken with the 80mm lens features a great view of the southern hemisphere of the Moon from approximately 2,400km away, including the Southern Sea; the 207-km Humboldt Crater (cut off at the bottom center of image), the 236-km Crater Lyot (center of image) and the long and linear Schrödinger’s valley clearly visible at the terminator. Latitude / longitude: 61 S 97 E.

224:21:06 Scott: Well, we’re almost speechless looking at the thing. It’s amazing. Looks like we’re going straight up; and we’re leaving, there’s no doubt about that. And we’re right on the terminator. It shows very distinctly all the topography - all the topographic highs and lows. And we can see some major rilles. And we noticed one large lava filling within a depression, with domes very prominent within the lava fill. Oh, it’s just really spectacular. We have one crater almost below us that has a flat floor with radial rilles and circumferential rilles extending from the central peaks. I think we saw that as we flew over.

564 d
Having fitted the 250mm telephoto lens on the Hasselblad with magazine 96/Q as they were approximately 2,400km from the Moon, the crew returned to photograph the terminator near the southern region with Schrödinger’s valley and its long 310-km nearly linear valley cutting through the middle of the 98-km Crater Sikorsky very clearly visible; and the 236-km Crater Lyot and other constituents of the Southern Sea at the bottom of picture. Latitude / longitude: 53 S 100 E.

224:22:10 Scott: It’s really spectacular. The elevation - the topography on the ridge line is quite clear, and, of course, all the features near the terminator stand out quite well because of the shadows. And we’re busily taking pictures so maybe we can bring some of it back for you to see. [...]
224:23:57 Worden: Well, I guess our orbital geologist up here just figured out which way we were. I guess we were sort of momentarily disoriented there, because south is up, and we’re looking right up and down the terminator. So I guess we’re upside down looking at new territory that we haven’t seen during the flight.