Apollo 16 NASA astronaut Charles Duke left this snapshot of himself and his family at the Descartes Highlands on the Moon on April 20, 1972.
This little-known but deeply moving bit of history was chronicled in the astonishingly beautiful, 200-picture-narrative book Full Moon, by Michael Light.
Thirty-nine years ago today, Neil Armstrong exited the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, uttered his eternally famous words, and stepped onto the surface of the Moon. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin followed him about 15 minutes later, and took the iconic photo (below) of his bootprint, shot with a Hasselblad on 70mm transparency film.
He also took a “before” picture of the undisturbed lunar soil a few seconds earlier, and the two images are presented in Full Moon side by side. It is a simultaneously thrilling and chilling commentary on humanity.
What will the next generation bring to the Moon—iPods and Xboxes?
Photo used courtesy of NASA
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55 Responses to “One Small Step”
francesca @ 2008-07-20 02:20:33 PM says:
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/Morochon0tdead @ 2008-07-20 05:41:57 PM says:
Esto esta registrado a todas las marcas que deja la tierra diría yo. Muy lindo la huella y la imagen tirada al suelo,me encantaron.
DmT @ 2008-07-21 09:11:25 AM says:
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lucas @ 2008-07-24 08:20:57 AM says:
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mily @ 2008-07-24 08:29:27 PM says:
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lucas @ 2008-07-25 08:03:13 AM says:
hola tengo un problema no puedo cargar foto ni ver mi libro de mensajes no lo podrias arreglar? bueno saludos
manuel @ 2008-07-25 01:14:08 PM says:
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osi @ 2008-07-26 07:52:33 PM says:
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erick_timy @ 2008-07-28 05:17:52 PM says:
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lucas @ 2008-07-28 06:16:12 PM says:
como se hace para hacer grupo gracias chau
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Annette @ 2008-07-30 01:24:26 AM says:
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priscila iriart @ 2008-07-31 03:52:15 PM says:
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jonathan @ 2008-08-02 12:15:09 PM says:
mira paso a dejar mis saludos hojala que ta baya muy
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jose neryk sandoval juaresz @ 2008-08-03 04:57:21 PM says:
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te cuidas
victoria @ 2008-08-04 04:05:58 PM says:
hola siculpame no me puedo hacer un fotolog ¿¿me podes ayudar a hacerme uno??
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