With a lot of the Eastern seaboard blanketed by cloud, I thought I'd share a recent news story about astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module alone while messrs Armstrong & Aldrin walked the moon for the first time. Hope it stirs the imagination enough to see you through the grey nights......
'You were a quarter of a million miles away from home though.
Yes, you’re a long way away but the thing that most impressed me about being in lunar orbit – particularly the times when I was by myself – was that every time I came round the backside of the Moon, I got to a window where I could watch the Earthrise and that was phenomenal. And in addition to that, I got to look at the universe out there with a very different perspective and a very different way than anyone had before.
What I found was that the number of stars was just so immense. In fact I couldn’t pick up individual stars, it was like a sheet of light. I found that fascinating because it changed my ideas about how we think about the Universe.'
That view would really be something to see, although having said that, (as a freshly arrived northerner) going out into the mountains for the first time was like that for me
That quote certainly conjures up and impressive picture in your mind. Ido still wonder why none of that 'light' came up on the footage of the moon-landing though.
This is not a conspiracy theory rant, I just can't figure why not a single star seemed to show up.
That quote certainly conjures up and impressive picture in your mind. Ido still wonder why none of that 'light' came up on the footage of the moon-landing though.
This is not a conspiracy theory rant, I just can't figure why not a single star seemed to show up.
Any takers?
Low sensitivity, low contrast, grainy cameras and the fact moon footage was shot in "daylight".
I think this was the video of the Apollo 17 EVA where Gene was discussing camera settings.
It was so very bright that they had to set the exposure times as fast as possible.
The video is about an hour long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0438bdGbS0
