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[Apollo 17] The Blue Marble, first human-taken photograph of the Planet Earth fully illuminated. Harrison Schmitt or Ronald Evans, 7–19 December 1972. Printed 1972. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS17–148-22727]. 25.4×20.3 cm (10×8 in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17–148-22727” in red in top margin (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas). Literature: TIME, 8 January 1973, p. 39; Chaikin, Space, p. 131; Jacobs, p.127; Light, plate 114; Hope, p. 151; NASA SP-350, p. 294. A fabulous vintage print of the most reproduced photograph in the entire history of photography. Only this final Apollo 17 mission saw the whole Earth fully illuminated. This iconic photograph taken through the 80mm lens from a distance of about 30,000 km was credited to Harrison Schmitt who took most of the photographs of the Earth on the way to the Moon but there is a possibility that Ronald Evans shot it. All Apollo flights were heavily scheduled down to the minute. At the time this photo was taken, none of the astronauts was scheduled to do so. Thus this photograph was taken quickly in a stolen moment. The photograph was released by NASA on Christmas Eve, four years to the day after the Apollo 8 Earthrise, and the image soon became known as the “Blue Marble,” probably the most widely distributed image in history. Noteworthy NASA photo editors cropped the black sky of space to make the Earth appear bigger than originally captured on film by the astronauts. “This now famous picture of the Earth, taken from about 34,000 miles away [18,000 statute miles in fact], shows all of Africa, the continent of human origins and later migrations. [...] In spite of the personal motivations for the descriptions and photographs, when I took this picture, I could not help but be struck by the remarkable fact that humans from that now receding blue, green, red-yellow, and white globe could take such a picture. A new migration to places elsewhere in the solar system had begun. As a geologist, I also reflected on how much our Home Planet had endured over four and a half billion years of time, demonstrating a truly remarkable resilience to apparent diversity.” Harrison Schmitt (Jacobs, p. 126) Condition Very light creasing to bottom left corner, traces of mounting to verso, glossy print in excellent condition. Preview In Lyngby Auction Space, 15 November 2023 Category Photos ▸ Vintage photographs Selling 15 November at 6:54 pm Estimate 60,000–80,000 DKK
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