David Scott (American, b. 1932)

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David Scott (American, b. 1932)
The Lunar Module Falcon in the desolate moonscape of Hadley-Apennine, EVA 2, Apollo 15, August 1971. Numbered 'NASA AS15-84-11324' (NASA MSC) in black on the recto u.l. margin. Vintage gelatin silver print, image size 7 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (18.0 x 18.9 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. Apollo 15 took the astronaut explorers as far from their lander as any previous crew had traveled. This photograph taken by Scott with the 500mm telephoto lens shows the LM as seen from Station 6 on the flank of Mount Hadley Delta, about sixty meters above the spacecraft and five kilometers to the south, with Pluton Crater in the background and Dune Crater in the foreground. "I took a telephoto from there, and it's my favorite picture... And I got the LM in it. And with a 500mm lens you can barely see it. And the impression you get from being up there and look[ing] back is that, Boy, you're a long way from home," said Scott (quoted in Chaikin, Voices, p. 92).

Literature: Reynolds, p. 183; Chaikin, Voices, p. 93.
Estimate $400-600


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