That could be the ultimate double take.
Jack Davis________________________________ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Roberts <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 2:28 PM Subject: Re: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility Jack Davis wrote: >From: Mark Roberts <[email protected]> > >Tom C wrote: > >>http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity/ >> >>Short entertaining story of the first manned lunar landing. I remember >>watching it live when I was 8 years old. My Dad telling the kids to >>sit down and be quiet because this was important. >> >>It simply amazes me that 1) the original video tapes were lost and 2) >>Buzz Aldrin did not take the camera and get an image of Neil Armstrong >>on the lunar surface. All the still image photography was done by Neil >>Armstrong of Buzz Aldrin. > >I believe the camera (a specially-modified Hasselblad) was mounted to >the front of the space suit, so swapping it from one astronaut to >another would be no simple trick. > >Either that or change space suits if they were really quick. Perhaps getting a few shots while doing so? I can see it now: A moon on the moon. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia http://www.robertstech.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
