Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17)
The Earth seen from the surface of another world for the last time by humans, EVA 2, 7-19 December 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated paper, printed 1972-73, with NASA caption numbered "72-H-1609", "72-HC-954", "G-73-5356" and "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA Goddard SFC), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
Going downhill a large rock named “boulder 2” at station 2 located at the foot of the South Massif near the southeast rim of Nansen Crater, 4.8 miles from the LM, Eugene Cernan framed the Earth in the lunar sky just above the boulder, leaning backward to get the stunning shot.
The summit of the South Massif, rising 2,500 m above the valley floor, forms the background.
“There you were, standing on the surface of the Moon in full sunlight, looking at the Earth, a quarter million miles away, surrounded by the blackest black. Not darkness, but the blackest black a human being can conceive in his mind. I think the perception that the Earth looks bigger than it really is probably comes from the majesty of its colors and from the fact that you are there on the Moon, looking back at it. It’s an overpowering figure of life in the sky.”
Eugene Cernan (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 143:20:14 GET)
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 17:37
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,040.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 2,000.- to EUR 3,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 800.-
Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17)
The Earth seen from the surface of another world for the last time by humans, EVA 2, 7-19 December 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated paper, printed 1972-73, with NASA caption numbered "72-H-1609", "72-HC-954", "G-73-5356" and "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA Goddard SFC), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
Going downhill a large rock named “boulder 2” at station 2 located at the foot of the South Massif near the southeast rim of Nansen Crater, 4.8 miles from the LM, Eugene Cernan framed the Earth in the lunar sky just above the boulder, leaning backward to get the stunning shot.
The summit of the South Massif, rising 2,500 m above the valley floor, forms the background.
“There you were, standing on the surface of the Moon in full sunlight, looking at the Earth, a quarter million miles away, surrounded by the blackest black. Not darkness, but the blackest black a human being can conceive in his mind. I think the perception that the Earth looks bigger than it really is probably comes from the majesty of its colors and from the fact that you are there on the Moon, looking back at it. It’s an overpowering figure of life in the sky.”
Eugene Cernan (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 143:20:14 GET)
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 - 17:37 |
| Location: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | Online |
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