by MarkBour » Sun Nov 24, 2019 7:53 pm
neufer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2019 12:53 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bean wrote:
<<Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) had planned on using a self-timer for his Hasselblad camera to take a photograph of both Pete Conrad and himself while on the lunar surface near the Surveyor III spacecraft. He was hoping to record a good photo, and also to confuse the mission scientists as to how the photo could have been taken. However, neither he nor Conrad could locate the timer in the tool carrier tote bag while at the Surveyor III site, thus lost the opportunity. After finding the self-timer unit at the end of the EVA, when it was too late to use, he threw it as far as he could.
His paintings of what this photo would have looked like (titled The Fabulous Photo We Never Took) and one of his fruitless search for the timer (Our Little Secret) are included in his collection of Apollo paintings.>>
Thanks for the additional art, Art! I never knew that Alan Bean made some paintings of his time on the Moon. I'm glad he did, they have a special meaningfulness.
One of my reactions to the sharp lunar photo is "Ah, Alan Bean is wearing the original GoPro camera ... made by Hasselblad, that is."
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<<Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) had planned on using a self-timer for his Hasselblad camera to take a photograph of both Pete Conrad and himself while on the lunar surface near the Surveyor III spacecraft. He was hoping to record a good photo, and also to confuse the mission scientists as to how the photo could have been taken. However, neither he nor Conrad could locate the timer in the tool carrier tote bag while at the Surveyor III site, thus lost the opportunity. After finding the self-timer unit at the end of the EVA, when it was too late to use, he threw it as far as he could. [b][color=#0000FF]His paintings of what this photo would have looked like (titled The Fabulous Photo We Never Took) and one of his fruitless search for the timer (Our Little Secret) are included in his collection of Apollo paintings.[/color][/b]>>[/quote]
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Thanks for the additional art, Art! I never knew that Alan Bean made some paintings of his time on the Moon. I'm glad he did, they have a special meaningfulness.
One of my reactions to the sharp lunar photo is "Ah, Alan Bean is wearing the original GoPro camera ... made by Hasselblad, that is."