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Apollo 17, Earthrise over Moon

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  • Description

    Caption reads, "To the Auckland Institute and Museum Lt-Col A.R. Hughes, President with the best wishes for the future from the crew of Apollo XVII. Harrison H. Schmitt, 10 May 1973."

    View of the crescent Earth rising above the lunar horizon over Ritz Crater.

  • Other Id

    32750 (Presto content ID)

    PH-1973-1 (Reference Number)

    TL790 S351 Size3 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    5-72-23274 (Photographer's number)

    10075989 (Photographer's number)

    93819 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

    Photography

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    photograph

  • Name/Title
    Apollo 17, Earthrise over Moon
  • Primary Maker

     NASA

     Eugene Cernan (Photographer)

     Ronald Evans (Photographer)

     Harrison Schmitt (Photographer)

  • Date
    1972
  • Physical Description

    275 mm. x 350 mm. (print)

    410 mm. x 510 mm. (mount)

  • Level of Current Record
    Single Item
  • Media

    paper (fiber product)

  • Technique

    Dye coupler print

    Dye-based print

    Colour photographic print

    Photographic techniques

  • Subject Category

    Space flight to the moon

  • Public Access Text

    Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission to land men on the moon. It carried the only trained geologist to walk on the lunar surface, lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt.

    NASA source information: Apollo 17, Earthrise over Moon (1972)

    View of the crescent Earth rising above the lunar horizon over Ritz Crater. Image taken during the Apollo 17 mission on Revolution 66. Original film magazine was labeled PP. Film type was SO-368 Color Ektachrome MS CEX, Color Reversal, 250mm lens., Longitude 97.6 East, Azimuth 263, Altitude 113 km.

    http://archive.org/details/as17-152-23274

  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Credit Line
    Harrison Hagan Schmitt. 1973.
  • Last Update
    16 Nov 2023

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