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Buzz Aldrin

Panoramic sequence of the lunar horizon over the LM thruster

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 112:20:56 GET

Three unreleased photographs (originally shot on color film), USGS (United States Geological Survey) vintage gelatin silver “proof” prints on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “AS11-37- 5514, AS11-37-5515 and AS11-37-5517” in margin

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Neil Armstrong

The lunar surface seen through Aldrin’s LM window

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 112:20:56 GET

Two unreleased photographs (originally shot on color film), USGS (United States Geological Survey) vintage gelatin silver “proof” prints on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “AS11-37- 5523 and AS11-37-5525” in margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Thomas, p.204.

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This rare panoramic sequence from color magazine 37/ R shows the American flag, the TV camera and several craters looking toward the horizon.

“The horizon looks close. But, because it’s hilly you’re probably not seeing all the horizon you could see. An intermediate hill is probably cutting it out. It wasn’t mountainous in our area; it was flat. But there were still crater rims and so on that probably affected how far out the observable horizon was,” said Neil Armstrong (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 112:20:56 GET).

“It wasn’t mountainous in our area; it was flat. But there were still crater rims and so on that probably affected how far out the observable horizon was.”
Neil Armstrong

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As any “tourist” would do, Armstrong took a series of photographs over to his right through Aldrin’s window to document their time on the lunar surface.

“This period was prolonged a bit to try to make as much use of the film remaining. I think we probably took more pictures than we should have in an effort to make sure that we covered each particular window as thoroughly as possible and with as wide a range of settings as we could before we proceeded to jettison the camera,” said Buzz Aldrin (1969 Technical Debrief, from the ALSJ mission transcript at 112:20:56 GET). 311 312