Thread: Frank Hurley honoured.
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Old 27-03-2013, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob_K View Post
Australian photographer Frank Hurley has had an impact crater on Mercury named after him.
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_roo...ils.php?id=238
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15100

Hurley (1885-1862) was the official photographer on the Mawson (1911) & Shackleton (1914) Antarctic expeditions and a famed war photographer in WW1 & WW2. In a long & celebrated career he also produced many documentary movies and worked as a cinematographer on several Australian movies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hurley

Cheers -
A great Australian Photographer,well deserved.

Typo Rob,Should be (1885-1962)
Cheers
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