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> Collins, who remained in orbit on the Command Module, is behind the lens. Every other human is in front of it. This caption is so powerful.
by tubabyte 5y ago
> Collins, who remained in orbit on the Command Module, is behind the lens. Every other human is in front of it.
This caption is so powerful.
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- enriquto 5y agoClimb a hill and take a photo of the floor with your telephone. If there are no planes/spatial stations nearby, then you'll have the same thing.
- willis936 5y agoIf you have a 179.99 degree wide angle lens.
- enriquto 5y agoNot sure how does the lens angle change the front/back position of the objects around it. But still; cheaper than a whole space program ;)
- willis936 5y agoI was thinking the meaning of the caption was ray tracing light through the lens from a single point on one side. I suppose you could stick your head in a fishbowl that is sitting on the ground to get the same effect, as long as there are no planes or manned spacecraft directly above you. Technically you can do that with a planar lens if you stick your eyeball onto the lens.
- yoavm 5y agowell technically, everyone else would still be in front the lens regardless of how wide it is.
- ape4 5y agoGood point. Clearly us humans are not spread out enough.
- Xophmeister 5y agoI was going to post exactly the same thing. It's such an understated way of phrasing it and a really beautiful photo. I wonder how Collins felt? There's a quote from him on the page, but it's more about the photo rather than himself. Surely that's been discussed...
- embedded_hiker 5y agoCollins wrote a book about his experiences - more of an autobiography up to 1974. He talks about this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_the_Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_the_Fire
- Breza 5y agoIt's a truly amazing book. It's easy for authors to romanticize spaceflight or to write a dry technical manual. Carrying the Fire does an incredible job of splitting the difference between the two extremes.
- xwdv 5y agoIf he had taken a selfie it would be a photo with every human in front of the lens.