The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos
Description:
Pete Conrad (American, 1930-1999)
Bluish halo around Alan Bean at the lunar-science station, EVA 1, Apollo 12, November 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.5 x 24.3 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Fingerprint u.l.
N.B. 'Everybody was trying to figure out what that aura was,' explained Pete Conrad. "Neither Al or I remember seeing the other guy putting the stuff out, but the film picked it up. The conclusion was that the halos were water-vapor ice crystals coming out of the water boilers on our backpacks' (Schick and Van Haften, p. 47). In fact, the blue glow around Bean was due to a dust smudge on the center of the lens (ALSJ: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12.html). This photograph was on the cover of Life, December 12, 1969. The NASA negative number is AS12-46-6826.
Literature: Light, plate 55; Schick and Van Haaften, p. 47; Thomas, p. 260.
Estimate $400-600
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Kodak, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Van Haaften, Van Haften, Schick Haaften, Schick HaftenRobin S.R. Starr
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