Posted on Nov 24, 2019
APOD: 2019 November 24 - Apollo 12: Self Portrait
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Apollo 12: Self Portrait." Sometimes (at least in my experience) the most memorable photographs happen purely by accident. I can't say that this is the case here, but consider: 1) the reflection of both the astronaut (Pete Conrad) and the lunar horizon in the other astronaut's (Alan Bean) helmet; 2) the clearly stark environment they are both working in; 3) the reality that 50 years later we still marvel at what was accomplished. All this captured in a single photograph. I agree with the writer on today's APOD page: this too is Art.
APOD: 2019 November 24 - Apollo 12: Self Portrait
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It definitely is art as well as science. So often timing is everything on photos
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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Sunday, November 24, 2019 entitled "Apollo 12: Self Portrait."
Image: Apollo 12: Self-Portrait; Image Credit - NASA, Apollo 12, Charles Conrad
"Explanation: Is this image art? 50 years ago, Apollo 12 astronaut-photographer Charles "Pete" Conrad recorded this masterpiece while documenting colleague Alan Bean's lunar soil collection activities on Oceanus Procellarum. The featured image is dramatic and stark. The harsh environment of the Moon's Ocean of Storms is echoed in Bean's helmet, a perfectly composed reflection of Conrad and the lunar horizon. Works of photojournalists originally intent on recording the human condition on planet Earth, such as Lewis W. Hine's images from New York City in the early 20th century, or Margaret Bourke-White's magazine photography are widely regarded as art. Similarly many documentary astronomy and space images might also be appreciated for their artistic and esthetic appeal. "
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHEPoG11EtE
COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL LTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MSG Andrew White SGT Steve McFarland
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Image: Apollo 12: Self-Portrait; Image Credit - NASA, Apollo 12, Charles Conrad
"Explanation: Is this image art? 50 years ago, Apollo 12 astronaut-photographer Charles "Pete" Conrad recorded this masterpiece while documenting colleague Alan Bean's lunar soil collection activities on Oceanus Procellarum. The featured image is dramatic and stark. The harsh environment of the Moon's Ocean of Storms is echoed in Bean's helmet, a perfectly composed reflection of Conrad and the lunar horizon. Works of photojournalists originally intent on recording the human condition on planet Earth, such as Lewis W. Hine's images from New York City in the early 20th century, or Margaret Bourke-White's magazine photography are widely regarded as art. Similarly many documentary astronomy and space images might also be appreciated for their artistic and esthetic appeal. "
St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Apollo (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHEPoG11EtE
COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL LTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MSG Andrew White SGT Steve McFarland
Col Carl WhickerSFC David Xanten
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