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

[Jeff Wilson]

On 7/2/2010 9:51 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>
>> It's true that the figure holds the flag. But you have to allow for
>> some poetic license as far as visor color and earth distance.
>
> _Maybe_ visor color since it is not "entirely gold". But there's no
> requirement for Urth size is there?

I think "entirely gold" is meant to convey the entire visor is gold 
colored, rather than merely a gold band across the eyes or some other 
arrangement of detail.  Speaking of the visor, if you click to show the 
full resolution of the second image linked, you can see another 
astronaut (apparently Harrison Schmitt) rather than "nothing more".

Schmitt also took this iconic image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg

which may be the source of Rudesinde's peculiar possessive reference 
"*your* blue Urth".

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