Comments by Alias on Mon, 07/20/09 12:55
On black please.
Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Mon, 07/20/09 13:44
That draw is still there to carry one's imagination out into space... the moon should just be the first step and not the final step (which it seems to be often times in today's political and economic climate). I must truthfully say that at the time I was one of those individuals who believed man's going to the moon was just a conspiracy carried out somewhere on Earth... but now I believe we were there... and the moon sails on above us teasing our imagination to be more than what we are.
Comments by Ernest Cadegan on Mon, 07/20/09 13:52
I thought I would save you the bother.
"Ernest, a few things have become clear over years of misunderstanding:
1. Neither of us will benefit from any contact of any kind with each other.
2. The site will be a happier place more conducive to "critical, constructive, and friendly"
discourse if we both exercise mature discretion and avoid all contact.
Therefore I ask you to avoid ever commenting on any of my posts or comments.
If you agree to this I will agree to abide by the same."
Comments by Ernest Cadegan on Mon, 07/20/09 13:54
I assume the camera shake was "In camera" since you omitted the important details like standing on a table and/or a tripod. Besides I know the ridculous value you place on that "In Camera" thing, as if it could possibly matter.
Comments by Linda Frey on Mon, 07/20/09 13:55
I remember that day. I was living with my sister in Edmonton while working at a summer job, and she had a big group of friends over to watch the moon landing.
Comments by Alias on Mon, 07/20/09 15:32
Thanks, Jan and Linda
At 29:17 UTC Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
More people watched on TV than any other event to that date.
The spin-offs from the effort are enormous, but the new way of view of the earth may be the
most profound. Until then we could imagine, but the photograph made it REAL.
Comments by Alias on Mon, 07/20/09 15:35
Sorry, make that
"new way of VIEWING the earth"
http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/earthrise.htm
Comments by Richard Dong on Mon, 07/20/09 18:37
I remember that moment, I had a cold and was watching prone from the sofa. Some memories are indelible.
Comments by Pietro Cecchi on Mon, 07/20/09 23:27
I also remember that moment: I was on the balcony (on the nord side of
my house, where I still live now) and with an eye looked at the old tv
set and the other eye looked at the high, almost full, moon)...
I was 27 years old.
Indelible emotions and memories... :)
Comments by Alias on Tue, 07/21/09 12:54
Thanks, Richard and Pietro
Comments by Bob Buckles on Sun, 08/02/09 00:14
On my monitor, the color of the moon looks like a "dirty yellow." Bet if you set the right eye dropper in PS Levels to say 210 and clicked on the whitest area of the moon, good things would happen.
See.
Comments by Bob Buckles on Sun, 08/02/09 00:17
Looks like 210 was a tad too bright. Maybe 200?
Comments by Alias on Mon, 08/03/09 14:17
Thanks, Richard, Pietro and Bob.
It really was one of those rare events which freezes the exact moment for many, if not
most of us.
Two of the most memorable of the last century are related,
Kennedy's assassination, and the success of Apollo 14.
It is no accident that Cape Canaveral is now known as Cape Kennedy.
Bob, thank you for your time and effort,
(the ability to actually illustrate an idea is one of the underused strengths of this site,
and I, for one, really appreciate any friendly and constructive comment),
but have you tried the black background?
On the black background, the color and appearance are very close to what we actually see
here when the moon first peeks over the horizon or distant clouds in the east.
In almost exact alignment with Cape Kennedy, the light reflected from the moon must
penetrate a couple of hundred miles of moisture, dust, pollution, and atmospheric
distortion caused by the turbulence of a heated earth below a cooling breath of inflowing
sea breeze from both coasts.
Crisp and clean images of the full moon must await the calm air and less atmosphere to
traverse of midnight, and the familiar dirty gold is familiar to everyone here.
Again, thanks.
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