a11_v_c_o_AKP (AS11-40-5949, auto)
“The deployment of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) is photographed by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, during the crew extravehicular activity (EVA). Here, astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is deploying the Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP). Already deployed is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3), which can be seen to the left and further in the background. In the center background is the Lunar Module. A flag of the United States is deployed near the LM. In the far left background is the deployed black and white lunar surface television camera. Armstrong took this picture with the 70mm lunar surface camera, also.”
I suppose the above is (one of?) the original caption(s). Not great, not horrible. The following is different, in some ways better…although Aldrin is not leveling the PSEP in the image:
“Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, levels the Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP). The Laser Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR), U.S. Flag, television camera and the Apollo Lunar Surface Closeup Camera (ALSCC) and LM are visible also. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled S. Film Type: Ektachrome EF SO168 color film on a 2.7-mil Estar polyester base taken with a 60mm lens. Sun angle is Medium. Tilt direction is North (N).”
Finally, per the ALSJ. Sort of out of context as a stand-alone description, it being part of a running ‘commentary’ of the sequence of photographs taken by Armstrong of Aldrin deploying the PSEP:
“…This picture gives us a good view of the split boulder that is between the two experiments. In the background, we can see the LM, the U.S. flag, and the TV camera. Note the footprints at the lower right. The astronaut who made them seems to have been moving from right to left. The rightmost footprint made with his left boot has a very deep toe imprint while the rightmost imprint made by his right boot is relatively flat and uniform. While bringing his left foot forward for the next step, he seems to have been dragging his heel, a clear indication that he was walking flat-foot, rather than hopping or running. The next left-boot toe print is deep while above it, we see that he was also scuffing his right heel along the surface. Note that the next prints made by both boots indicate that he turned to his right.”
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a11_v_c_o_AKP (AS11-40-5949, auto)
“The deployment of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) is photographed by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, during the crew extravehicular activity (EVA). Here, astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is deploying the Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP). Already deployed is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3), which can be seen to the left and further in the background. In the center background is the Lunar Module. A flag of the United States is deployed near the LM. In the far left background is the deployed black and white lunar surface television camera. Armstrong took this picture with the 70mm lunar surface camera, also.”
I suppose the above is (one of?) the original caption(s). Not great, not horrible. The following is different, in some ways better…although Aldrin is not leveling the PSEP in the image:
“Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, levels the Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP). The Laser Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR), U.S. Flag, television camera and the Apollo Lunar Surface Closeup Camera (ALSCC) and LM are visible also. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled S. Film Type: Ektachrome EF SO168 color film on a 2.7-mil Estar polyester base taken with a 60mm lens. Sun angle is Medium. Tilt direction is North (N).”
Finally, per the ALSJ. Sort of out of context as a stand-alone description, it being part of a running ‘commentary’ of the sequence of photographs taken by Armstrong of Aldrin deploying the PSEP:
“…This picture gives us a good view of the split boulder that is between the two experiments. In the background, we can see the LM, the U.S. flag, and the TV camera. Note the footprints at the lower right. The astronaut who made them seems to have been moving from right to left. The rightmost footprint made with his left boot has a very deep toe imprint while the rightmost imprint made by his right boot is relatively flat and uniform. While bringing his left foot forward for the next step, he seems to have been dragging his heel, a clear indication that he was walking flat-foot, rather than hopping or running. The next left-boot toe print is deep while above it, we see that he was also scuffing his right heel along the surface. Note that the next prints made by both boots indicate that he turned to his right.”
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