Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17)
Harrison Schmitt and the Rover in the desolate lunarscape of Shorty Crater, station 4, EVA 2, 7-19 December 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated paper, printed 1972-73, with NASA caption numbered "72-H-1579", "72-HC-929, "G-73.5351" and "A KODAK PAPER"watermark on verso, (NASA Goddard SFC), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
The area where the crew discovered and sampled a deposit of orange soil, rich in pyroclastic material, is between the Rover and the large boulder just beyond it.
The western wall of Shorty Crater is at the right of the image; West Family Mountain, rising 1,000 meters above the valley floor, is in the background behind the Lincoln-Lee Scarp, a mare wrinkle ridge crossing the Valley of Taurus-Littrow.
“The clarity brought on by the lack of atmosphere gives the impression that objects are closer than they really are. This atmospheric clarity made it difficult to estimate distances, so I used the known distance of my shadow and any given sun angle to calibrate my estimates of near field distances and crater diameters.”
Harrison Schmitt (Constantine, p. 139).
Literature:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, December 1973, pp. 294-295; Spacecam: Photographing the Final Frontier from Apollo to Hubble, Hope, p. 31.
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 17:42
- Realized price: **
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EUR 715.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 800.- to EUR 1,200.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 100.-
Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17)
Harrison Schmitt and the Rover in the desolate lunarscape of Shorty Crater, station 4, EVA 2, 7-19 December 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated paper, printed 1972-73, with NASA caption numbered "72-H-1579", "72-HC-929, "G-73.5351" and "A KODAK PAPER"watermark on verso, (NASA Goddard SFC), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
The area where the crew discovered and sampled a deposit of orange soil, rich in pyroclastic material, is between the Rover and the large boulder just beyond it.
The western wall of Shorty Crater is at the right of the image; West Family Mountain, rising 1,000 meters above the valley floor, is in the background behind the Lincoln-Lee Scarp, a mare wrinkle ridge crossing the Valley of Taurus-Littrow.
“The clarity brought on by the lack of atmosphere gives the impression that objects are closer than they really are. This atmospheric clarity made it difficult to estimate distances, so I used the known distance of my shadow and any given sun angle to calibrate my estimates of near field distances and crater diameters.”
Harrison Schmitt (Constantine, p. 139).
Literature:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, December 1973, pp. 294-295; Spacecam: Photographing the Final Frontier from Apollo to Hubble, Hope, p. 31.
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 - 17:42 |
| Location: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
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