Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
Explanation:
Is it art? In November of 1969, Apollo 12 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] astronaut-photograph er Charles "Pete" Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] recorded this masterpiece [ http://images.jsc.n…] while documenting colleague Alan Bean's lunar soil collection activities on the Oceanus Procellarum [ http://volcano.und.…lunar/mare/mlm.html ]. The image is dramatic and stark [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Bean is faceless. The harsh environment of the Moon's Ocean of Storms is echoed in his helmet's perfectly composed reflection of Conrad and the lunar horizon [ http://www.hq.nasa.…]. Works of photojournalists originally intent on recording the human condition on planet Earth, such as Lewis W. Hine's [ http://www.geh.org/…index.html ] images from New York City in the early 20th century, or Margaret Bourke-White's [ http://lkwdpl.org/w…] magazine photography are widely regarded as art. Similarly many documentary astronomy and space images [ http://www.nasa.gov…] can be appreciated for their artistic and esthetic appeal.
Credit and Copyright:
C. Conrad, Apollo 12 [ http://www.ksc.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
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moon
keyword:
apollo 12
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astronaut
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Alan Bean
facet_when:
20th century
facet_when:
1969
facet_where:
New York
facet_where:
New York City
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Earth
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Moon
facet_what:
Apollo 12
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1969
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
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Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
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