Alfred Worden, David Scott or James Irwin (Apollo 15)
The "Black Marble": extremely rare UV photograph of the planet Earth during translunar coast, 26July - 7 August 1971
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1971, numbered "NASA AS15-99-13413" (NASA MSC) in black in top margin, 25,4 x 20,3 cm, a few light creases in the left upper corner
This extremely rare unreleased ultraviolet photograph of was taken 49,511 nautical miles [91,694 km] from Earth with a special 105mm lens and spectroscopic film.
To take that ultraviolet photograph of the Earth, the crew had to specially maneuver the spacecraft so that the UV transmitting window, window 5, was facing the target.
“As we got further and further away, the Earth diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man.”
James Irwin (Kelley, Plate 38).
Esperta: Mag. Eva Königseder
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eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 16:56
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Alfred Worden, David Scott or James Irwin (Apollo 15)
The "Black Marble": extremely rare UV photograph of the planet Earth during translunar coast, 26July - 7 August 1971
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1971, numbered "NASA AS15-99-13413" (NASA MSC) in black in top margin, 25,4 x 20,3 cm, a few light creases in the left upper corner
This extremely rare unreleased ultraviolet photograph of was taken 49,511 nautical miles [91,694 km] from Earth with a special 105mm lens and spectroscopic film.
To take that ultraviolet photograph of the Earth, the crew had to specially maneuver the spacecraft so that the UV transmitting window, window 5, was facing the target.
“As we got further and further away, the Earth diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man.”
James Irwin (Kelley, Plate 38).
Esperta: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta online |
| Data: | 27.09.2023 - 16:56 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
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