(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

[Ryan Dunn]

I found a similar image from a later Apollo image, though the painting is a painting, after all, and not a photograph (I don't think).

...ryan

On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:01 PM, Adam Thornton <adam at io.com> wrote:

> On 06/30/2010 09:24 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> It occurred to me that Wolfe may have been inspired by an SF magazine cover rather than by a painting. I searched The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and found a similar image:
>> 
>> http://www.philsp.com/data/images/f/fantasy_and_science_fiction_197702.jpg 
>> 
>> At least it has the gold faceplate and earth. Maybe Rudesind's painting is a composite?
> 
> Rudesind's painting does not match any of the actual Apollo images I could find, when I went looking a few years ago.
> 
> Adam
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