Unusual lunar mound; image featured in LIFE magazine, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1
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Pete Conrad Unusual lunar mound; image featured in LIFE magazine (LIFE, 12 December 1969, p. 37.), Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, [NASA photo No AS12-46-6794, originally shot on colour film], 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10 in), numbered in the left margin on recto (NASA/USGS).Footnotes:When Pete Conrad went out to scout out a deployment area for the ALSEP site, he got very excited as he noticed a couple of meter-sized, conical mounds as he waited for Bean and was eager to take a look. Moon-to-Earth radio transmission: Pete Conrad: 'Okay. I'm looking for...I'm dying to find out what this mound is over here anyhow,' Al. (Pause) 'We got a very peculiar mound sticking up out of the ground, Houston. I want to go look at it. As a matter of fact, I think I'll go take a picture of it. '[...] Conrad: 'It's the world's most peculiar...I got to photograph this thing. I can't imagine what it is. The mound's sticking up; and I can't imagine how it got there or what would make it. '(Pause) [...] Conrad: 'I got to get them a stereo of this thing. It's really fantastic! Oops.'Literature:LIFE, 12 December 1969, p. 37. see illustration (note, a copy of the magazine is not included in the lot)
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Unusual lunar mound; image featured in LIFE magazine, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1
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