The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleanedby Rudesind

Gerry Quinn · 01 Jul 2010, 06:32 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 07:32:46 +0100
Subject: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut
	cleanedby	Rudesind
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at gmail.com>

>> 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.

I have exactly the same feeling.  But it may be that we are creating a 
composite image, or that Wolfe did, or both.

- Gerry Quinn

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