The Best of Bean
A collection of otherworldly paintings goes on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
- By The Editors
- AirSpaceMag.com, July 15, 2009
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Courtesy Alan Bean
Of this 1993 painting titled Mountains of the Moon with the Lunar Module Falcon, Russo notes, “Falcon rests in solitude on the uneven Plains of Hadley with the Apennine Mountains on the horizon. The area is near the eastern edge of Mare Imbrium, the dark ‘sea’ that forms the left eye of the Man in the Moon.
“The lunar rovers driven by Jim Irwin and Dave Scott covered more ground than all three previous Apollo missions. Scott remarked, ‘These mountains were never quickened by life, never assailed by wind or rain, they loom still and serene, a tableau of forever. Their majesty overwhelms me.’”
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If Mr. Allen Bean hasn't already done so, he should paint Neil Armstrong standing on the lunar surface, maybe next to the LM, because no photograph exist of Armstrong on the moon, except for the photo of his reflection in Buzz Aldrin's visor. EDITORS REPLY: There are three photographs of Armstrong on the moon, but they are not high-quality. http://moonpans.com/Neil_Armstrong_on_the_moon.htm
Posted by JFM on August 6,2009 | 06:33 PM