Moon hoax - Photographic claims

[Dave Greer]

More evidence (if it is really needed) of how easy it is for astronaut activity around the Lunar Rover to cover up the tyre tracks with bootprints and kicked up dust.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/AS17-140-21354HR.jpg

A cursory examination shows no tyre tracks behind the rover - but there is evidence of a covered up tyre track if you look closely enough. I've circled what appears to be the chevron-like pattern of a rover tyre track in red below:-

Levels and contrast altered to make the crop more visible.

The link below shows it in a little more detail.

Is it more likely that the rover was driven into position, then subsequent astronaut activity covered most but not all of the tracks - or is it more likely that the rover was lowered into position on a crane? If so, hwo does that explain the partial tyre track?