Apollo 11 Anniversary 4
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Apollo 11 Anniversary 4
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary.
Monday July 21, 1969. Buzz Aldrin works on the controls of the Eagle, the Lunar Module, on the surface of the moon during Apollo 11. Mission commander Neil Armstrong shot this photo. As he set foot on the moon, Aldrin remarked, "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation." Armstrong had said his immortal sentence moments before "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
A few decades after Armstrong took that first step, mankind has grown accustomed to this astonishing fact.
The new generations do not fully comprehend and appreciate the unprecedented difficulties and risks it supposed, and the extraordinary determination and courage of the men who faced and overcame them.
It cannot be forgotten.
Original image by NASA, further image enhancements and post processing by Weston Westmoreland.
More NASA and Hubble enhanced images one copy-paste away in my gallery at https://weston-westmoreland.pixels.com/collections/astronomy
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July 17th, 2019
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