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Topic: Photo of the week 669 (August 19, 2017)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-19-2017 03:39 AM
   
 Photo of the eclipse of the sun, taken from the Apollo 12 spacecraft during its journey home from the moon on November 23, 1969. The view was created when the Earth moved directly between the sun and the Apollo 12 spacecraft. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-19-2017 04:38 AM
Great shot. At least they didn't have any worries about clouds obscuring the view.  |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 124
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 08-19-2017 04:46 AM
Beautiful, I believe it is also known as the 'Diamond Ring' shot. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 08-19-2017 07:14 AM
Beautiful photo Ed, very topical this week. Do you know which astronaut took it? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-19-2017 07:40 AM
No, I don't. Perhaps the transcripts contain a clue.
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-19-2017 08:22 AM
When I interviewed Alan Bean about the eclipse last month, he recalled that this and other shots were taken using the 16mm camera, as they hadn't reserved any color film for their Hasselblad. NASA's caption reflects this too: This photograph of the eclipse of the sun was taken with a 16mm motion picture camera from the Apollo 12 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home from the moon. Also, according to the PAO commentary transcript, this shot was taken on Nov. 24. |
edorr
Member Posts: 64
From: Chelmsford, MA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-19-2017 09:21 PM
Wonderful image. I used it as the basis for the side buttons on my Space Patches website. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-19-2017 09:37 PM
Don Pettit found and shared this black and white Hasselblad shot of the Apollo 12 eclipse (additional frames from this series can be seen here). |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 08-21-2017 04:39 PM
Nice memories of Apollo 12 — I'm sure Capt. Bean (if he was operating the 16mm camera for the shot) was glad he didn't "screw the pooch" like he did with the lunar surface TV camera.  The photo looks familiar; perhaps used (rotated/transposed) for the cover of the 1971 Estes model rocketry catalog? |
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