First photograph of the Earth setting over the dark side of the Moon; Sunset over the farside; farside horizon, December 7-19, 1972
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ID 469345
Lot 632 | First photograph of the Earth setting over the dark side of the Moon; Sunset over the farside; farside horizon, December 7-19, 1972
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan, or Ronald Evans
Sunset over the lunar farside seen during the first revolution of the spacecraft around the Moon
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 1, 090:45:19 GET
Unreleased photograph, 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 AS17-151-23108” in red in top margin (NASA MSC)
632 b
Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan, or Ronald Evans
Lunar farside horizon over Craters Schlieman and Star Chaplygin
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 2, 091:05:43 GET
Unreleased photograph, 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 AS17-151-23155” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
632 c
Harrison Schmitt
First photograph of the Earth setting over the dark side of
the Moon
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 2, 092:46:00 GET
Unreleased photograph, 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 AS17-151-23175” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
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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