Ronald Evans

An almost entire view of the famous “Blue Marble”

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, 004:47:56 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17-148-22702” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

Evans took this superb photograph through the 80mm lens after the successful docking maneuver and extraction of the LM.

“At first,” remembered Harrison Schmitt, “we were too close to see the full Earth but rapidly Madagascar, then South Africa, then all of Africa dominated the view out of the windows of the Command Module America. The view expanded quickly until the nearly full Earth filled the large
hatch window and finally, not even that.” (Jacobs, p.126).

004:47:29 Evans: Hey, Jack. Hand me the Hasselblad. I think we’re bowing the right direction.
Yes, the Moon is there. The Earth is - that’s the Earth.
004:47:52 Evans: Servo Power’s Off, yes.
004:47:56 Evans: The Earth just fills up window 5. Okay, f, infinity, about a 250th.
004:48:15 Evans: What - what do you have? A zero in there? Hey, I lost my watch. Turn the AC Off. Yes, AC is Off. Whoops, what a beauty! What a beauty! Yes, the Earth. I can see the S-IVB. It’s going [garble].
004:48:45 Evans: Look at that.
004:48:48 Evans: Yes, Madagascar and Africa. Got to be.