First color photograph of the whole Planet Earth; first color photograph of Earth taken beyond low orbit, November 9, 1967
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ID 468890
Lot 180 | First color photograph of the whole Planet Earth; first color photograph of Earth taken beyond low orbit, November 9, 1967
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
Taken by an automatic Maurer 70mm camera aboard the unmanned Apollo 4 spacecraft
First color photograph of the Earth taken beyond Earth’s low orbit
Apollo 4, November 9, 1967, 005:04:00 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based GAF paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA G-68-5819” (NASA Goddard) in black in bottom margin [NASA AS4-1-200]
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Taken by an automatic Maurer 70mm camera aboard the unmanned Apollo 4 spacecraft
First color photograph of the whole Planet Earth
Apollo 4, November 9, 1967, 005:39:00 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS4-1-410” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with a restauration (minor folding) at upper right
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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