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Alfred Worden, James Irwin, or David Scott

Wide angle view of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon, with reflections of the Sun in the spacecraft’s window

Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971, orbit 64-72

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in) and with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS15-88-11997” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
Literature
Chaikin, Voices, p.185
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Lot Essay

This truly astonishing photograph from magazine 88/TT was taken between revolutions 64 to 72 with the 60mm lens and the transparent glass reseau plate engraved with grid markings of the lunar surface Hasselblad camera.
The western floor and wall of the 151-km Crater Curie is in the foreground, the Schorr (53 km in diameter) / Gibbs-A pair are at the right and the 77-km Crater Gibbs lies beyond in the right background.
The 207-km Humboldt Crater is visible in the far left background.

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