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Old 27-03-2013, 10:31 AM
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Frank Hurley honoured.

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 (1885-1962) 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

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Old 27-03-2013, 10:36 AM
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Thats' a nice honour for a great Australian.
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Old 27-03-2013, 10:55 AM
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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

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A great Australian Photographer,well deserved.

Typo Rob,Should be (1885-1962)
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Old 27-03-2013, 11:05 AM
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A great Australian Photographer,well deserved.

Typo Rob,Should be (1885-1962)
Cheers
Oops! Thanks Ron, fancy dying years before you were born! Will amend the first post.

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Old 27-03-2013, 11:49 AM
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Thanks Rob,

A really nice tribute.
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Old 27-03-2013, 12:12 PM
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That's great. Very fitting.
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