The first photograph and the first color photograph taken on the surface of Mars, the Red Planet, 20 July 1976
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ID 469412
Lot 699 | The first photograph and the first color photograph taken on the surface of Mars, the Red Planet, 20 July 1976
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
Taken by a camera on board the robotic Viking 1 spacecraft
The first photograph taken on the surface of Mars, the Red Planet
Viking 1, 20 July 1976
Vintage gelatin silver print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “This Paper Manufactured By Kodak” watermarks and NASA JPL caption affixed to the verso
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Taken by a camera on board the robotic Viking 1 spacecraft
The first color photograph taken on the surface of Mars, the Red Planet
Viking 1, 21 July 1976
Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “Viking 1-54” and “This paper manufactured by Kodak” watermarks on the verso
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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