Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)
The first photograph of a human shadow on the surface of another world: Buzz Aldrin's shadow at Tranquility Base, 16-24 July 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, numbered "NASA AS11-40-5882" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm, 2 corners slightly bumped
An extremely rare frame from the 360° panoramic sequence taken by Buzz Aldrin from the rim of the so-called Double Crater on a position 7 m west of the LM ladder, which was not
Released by NASA.
The bright ‘halo’ around the shadow of Buzz’s helmet in the last photograph is due to“some combination of diffraction around the helmet and/or the coincidence of maximum zero-phase backscatter with that part of Buzz’s shadow” (ALSJ caption for AS11-40-5882).
From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken:
110:28:22 Aldrin: As I look around the area, the contrast, in general, is...comes about completely by virtue of the shadows. Almost (garbled) looking down-Sun at zero-phase very light-colored gray, light gray color (garbled) a halo around my own shadow, around the shadow of my helmet. [...]
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 15:56
- Realized price: **
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EUR 2,210.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,600.- to EUR 2,500.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 800.-
Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)
The first photograph of a human shadow on the surface of another world: Buzz Aldrin's shadow at Tranquility Base, 16-24 July 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, numbered "NASA AS11-40-5882" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm, 2 corners slightly bumped
An extremely rare frame from the 360° panoramic sequence taken by Buzz Aldrin from the rim of the so-called Double Crater on a position 7 m west of the LM ladder, which was not
Released by NASA.
The bright ‘halo’ around the shadow of Buzz’s helmet in the last photograph is due to“some combination of diffraction around the helmet and/or the coincidence of maximum zero-phase backscatter with that part of Buzz’s shadow” (ALSJ caption for AS11-40-5882).
From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken:
110:28:22 Aldrin: As I look around the area, the contrast, in general, is...comes about completely by virtue of the shadows. Almost (garbled) looking down-Sun at zero-phase very light-colored gray, light gray color (garbled) a halo around my own shadow, around the shadow of my helmet. [...]
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 27.09.2023 - 15:56 |
| Location: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | Online |
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