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

[brunians at brunians.org]

Did you guys set out to be pedants?

If no, how did it happen?

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> On 6/30/2010 11:56 PM, James Wynn wrote:
>>
>>> Rudesind's painting does not match any of the actual Apollo images I
>>> could find, when I went looking a few years ago.
>>
>> There's a picture, maybe an illustration --a famous one-- that I
>> remember from my childhood.
>> An astronaut on the moon. The Earth over his shoulder. The American flag
>> behind him or beside him. I thought that was the one when I read the
>> description.
>
> The "man on the moon" shot shows Buzz Aldrin's gold faceplate reflecting
> Neil Armstrong with the Earth over *his* shoulder, but no flag is up
> yet, though there is a prominent flag patch on Buzz's left  shoulder.
>
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