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"Apollo 13 Recovery Area -- Apollo 13 CMP, John L. Swigert, Jr.,
climbs into the rescue net suspended from an unseen helicopter while James A. Lovell, Jr. (center), CDR, awaits his turn. They, along with LMP Fred W. Haise, Jr., circled the Moon during their abbreviated space mission and splashed down at 1:07 p.m. EST today in the Pacific Ocean, only four miles from the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship. Onboard technical difficulties cancelled the planned lunar exploration by Lovell and Haise in the Fra Mauro region."
-- caption for NASA photo No. 108-KSC-70P193, release date April 17, 1970.
Piombino Apollo
Discovered in 1832 in a wreck off the Tuscan coast, near Piombino, this statue of Apollo is one of the few surviving original Greek bronze statues.
This work, carried out according to the technique of lost wax casting, retains copper inlays on the eyebrows, lips and nipples. The eyes were reported in another material.
The hieratic posture, the arms slightly folded and the left leg advanced recall the male nudes of the late sixth century BC. However, the modeling of the back, the hair treatment and other details doesn't allow recognizing the Apollo of Piombino as an original creation of the sixth century.
The appearance and the stylistic treatment of the work indicate, rather, that it is an archaic "pastiche", strongly influenced by the memory of the archaic kouroi.
The dating of the Apollo's statue was, however, hotly debated. A tablet of lead, found inside the statue during its restoration in 1842 and now lost, reported the engraved names of two sculptors of Tyre and Rhodes active in the first century BC and, probably, the authors of the statue.
Despite this historical reference, the work has long been considered an archaic creation of the second half of the fifth century BC. In 1977, a statue similar to our Apollo both in size both in style, was unearthed at Pompeii, in the villa of C. Julius Polybius. This finding confirms the hypothesis, now widely accepted, of a "pastiche" created at the end of the Hellenistic period for a roman customer greedy of Greek sculptures, mostly used to adorn gardens and villas.
Greek bronze sculpture
Late Hellenistic period
1st century BC
From Piombino, Livorno
Paris, Musée du Louvre
Went part way out to this jetty near the breakwater and found this seal sleeping at the end. Was there again the next morning
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
The Apollo systems were launched to the Moon on a Saturn V rocket. At the Visitor Complex, Apollo/Saturn V Center, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. I visited this place on May 9, 2016.
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
early 1980s The Grove, Stratford East London fire in a Greek restaurant called Apollo. After the fire it was renamed Phoenix Apollo - out of the ashes....and was a famous haunt for boxers and stars of TV soaps. S&D pump visible too.
On May 23rd 2009 The Science Museum in London opened up the Apollo 10 capsule that they have on display so that visitors can see inside the space craft. This happened once only.
The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia is on loan to Space Center Houston, from the Smithsonian Air and Space in Washington, D.C.
photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
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Apollo-Era astronaut transfer van. Used to transfer astronauts in their flight suits from the control centre to the launch pad, from the Apollo mission era until the early 1980's. On display at Kennedy Space Center, Titusville Florida.
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
Panorama of Apollo 11 images taken by Neil Armstrong and assembled by the USGS. Buzz Aldrin is near the Lunar Module.
Ny Carlsburg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
I find the cloth pressed against the figure to be most interesting, extraordinary.
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
This flag was carried to the moon by the crew of Apollo 11. It is on display at the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
Apollo IE Supercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This car is equipped with a 780bhp 6.3 litre V12 engine.
Apollo 11 bootprint
The bootprint marks one of the first steps human beings took on the Moon in July 1969. It was made by American astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 mission. *Image Credit*: NASA
Kansas Cosmosphere
Extra Protection Against the Moon's Harshness
For a Moonwalking astronaut like Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan a space suit provided some protection against the extreme temperatures and brilliant sunlight experienced on the lunar surface. However, additional Lunar Extravehicular Activity (LEVA) hardware had to be added to the suit before the astronaut could safely venture out on the lunar surface. Forms of these LEVA accessories are displayed above.
LEVA Boots
During the lunar "day." the intense sunlight could bake the Moon's soil to a temperature of +250"F. For an astronaut planning to walk on this hot soil for many hours, this required the donning of protective LEVA boots that were pulled on over the pressure boots of the space suit.
The LEVA boots provided the astronaut with 33 additional layers of insulation to protect the feet. In addition, the soles of the boots were made from a silicone rubber with large ribs molded into the bottom. These ribs provided traction and left distinctive imprint in the lunar soil. The footprints left on the Moon by these LEVA boots will remain for millions of years, a lasting imprint of humankind's first exploration of another planet.
Apollo, PA
2012
Oddly, this place wasn't 100% abandoned; there were people inside making noise, like they live or squat there. Kind of a sketchy scene, actually.
Holga 120N
Arista.EDU 400
Apollo Flaying Marsyas (A.6-1967) is one of two life-sized marble sculptures that were originally commissioned by the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus the Strong from the Venetian sculptor Antonio Corradini (b.1668; d.1752) between 1723 and 1728 for the gardens of the Höllandisches Palais in Dresden.
[V&A website]
The Victoria & Albert Museum originated with the Great Exhibition of 1851; a collection was established to show applied art and science. The collection was initially shown at Marlborough House, followed by Somerset House (both in 1852). In 1855 plans began for a South Kensington site, with the new location opened in 1857. The development of the collection meant that eventually more development of the building was needed - in 1899, the foundation stone for the current site was laid (Victoria's last public engagement) and the site was formally named the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Apollo - Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; medicine, healing, and plague; music, poetry, and the arts; and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto
Source of picture: luhy.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/greek-god-of-the-week-4-2/