Apollo 11 Anniversary
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Apollo 11 Anniversary
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary.
Monday July 21, 1969. Buzz Aldrin explores the surface of the moon during Apollo 11. Mission commander Neil Armstrong, reflected in his visor, 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 Neil 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
Weston Westmoreland
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July 11th, 2019
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