NASA: Original vintage photo of glowing astronaut Alan L. Bean on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission.
Item number: 531515
Description: NASA: Original vintage gelatin silver black and white NASA photo of glowing astronaut Alan L. Bean on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission.
Bean is carrying parts of the Apollo 12 mission's lunar surface experiment package ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package). Why Bean lights up is still debated on the Internet.
On the back of the photograph you can see that it was used for a quiz in a newspaper in November 1969, where the question was:
What ghostly occurence on the moon is quzzling the scientists?
The answer from another pasted clip reads:
Photo-question answer: One of the astronauts seems to give off a ghostly glow in the photos as he walked on the moon. Scientists have no explanation.
It was later revealed that the aura surrounding Alan L. Bean consisted of ice crystals.
21.50 x 19 centimeters.
Normal age-related signs of use
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