Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17-148-22739” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin. Framed.
8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.)

The Victor Martin-Malburet Photolograph Collection, Christie's November 06th-20th, 2020, lot 631a.

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Lot Essay

Schmitt took this telephotograph through the 250mm lens.

022:26:02 Schmitt: Okay, I had a quick - quick look and just to bring you up to date, we’re starting to be able to see the coast of Asia. The Philippines are wide open today. And the - that tropical storm Theresa that I mentioned I thought I could see - indeed, I’m sure that’s what that little concentrated mass of clouds was north of New Guinea. And, I suspect, although I didn’t get a good fix on it, that the folks in Guam may be in for some heavy weather.
022:26:37 Overmyer (Mission Control): Roger. [Long pause.]
022:27:19 Schmitt: Oh, and, Bob, I got another pair of pictures. And that would be up to 134.

“The Red continent of Australia [...] conquers the illusion that the Earth is ocean alone, becoming the Earth’s natural desert beacon.”
Harrison Schmitt (NASA SP-350, p. 266)