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UV photograph of the increasing crescent Earth during the homeward journey, Apollo 15, August 1971
Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Numbered NASA AS15-99-13482 in black in top margin
A very rare photograph from magazines 99/N.
On the way home, Command Module pilot Alfred Worden picked up a Hasselblad camera on board (fitted with UV film and a special 105mm UV-transmitting lens) and captured an amazing crescent Earth increasing in size, illuminated by sunlight from the side and basked in the beam of a lens flare.
UV photograph of the increasing crescent Earth during the homeward journey, Apollo 15, August 1971
Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Numbered NASA AS15-99-13482 in black in top margin
A very rare photograph from magazines 99/N.
On the way home, Command Module pilot Alfred Worden picked up a Hasselblad camera on board (fitted with UV film and a special 105mm UV-transmitting lens) and captured an amazing crescent Earth increasing in size, illuminated by sunlight from the side and basked in the beam of a lens flare.