{"id":8963,"date":"2019-07-21T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T00:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/?p=8963"},"modified":"2024-07-10T17:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:01:42","slug":"apollo-11-moon-landing-photos-from-50-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/21\/apollo-11-moon-landing-photos-from-50-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 11 Moon Landing Photos from 50 Years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These amazing photos were taken 50 years ago by NASA and the astronauts who flew the Apollo 11 mission that put humans on the moon. You can view the gallery and download the photos here at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/apollo-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA Website.<\/a> Boy does time fly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8967\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Buzz-Aldrin-on-Moon.jpg\" alt=\"The iconic photo from Apollo 11 of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon - Photo by Neil Armstrong\" width=\"801\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Buzz-Aldrin-on-Moon.jpg 801w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Buzz-Aldrin-on-Moon-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Buzz-Aldrin-on-Moon-768x863.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The most famous photo from the mission is a photo of Buzz Aldrin taken by Neil Armstrong which also captures the reflection of Neil and the Lunar lander reflected in Aldrin&#8217;s visor. Just for the record, some adjustments were made to the original photo. I straightened the horizon and added some more sky and I also removed the scale &#8220;+&#8221; marks from the photo. Don&#8217;t want anybody looking at my photo and claiming the mission was faked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8968\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch.jpg\" alt=\"The launch of the Saturn V rocket which will take Apollo 11 to the moon - Photo by NASA\" width=\"903\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch.jpg 903w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch-768x765.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I believe those wires from the tower are in case the astronauts never to leave the launch area real, real quickly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8969\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch-from-Tower.jpg\" alt=\"Ultra wide angle photo of Apollo 11 about to leave the tower after launch - Photo by NASA\" width=\"656\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch-from-Tower.jpg 656w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Apollo-11-Launch-from-Tower-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Amazing wide angle shot from from high on the tower showing the Saturn V rocket lifting off from the launch pad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8970\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Buzz-Aldrin-Saluting-Flag-on-Moon.jpg\" alt=\"Buzz Aldrin salutes the American Flag on the Lunar surface - Photo by Neil Armstong\" width=\"940\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Buzz-Aldrin-Saluting-Flag-on-Moon.jpg 940w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Buzz-Aldrin-Saluting-Flag-on-Moon-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Buzz-Aldrin-Saluting-Flag-on-Moon-768x666.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Buzz Aldrin salutes the American Flag with the Lunar lander off to the side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I also have a picture of the moon showing where the <a href=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/2016\/11\/11\/super-moon-november-14-2016-largest-perigee-full-moon-till-2032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apollo 11 mission landed<\/a>, but the image is quite as close up as these NASA ones as mine was taken from over 220,000 miles away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These amazing photos were taken 50 years ago by NASA and the astronauts who flew the Apollo 11 mission that put humans on the moon. You can view the gallery and download the photos here at this NASA Website. Boy does time fly. The most famous photo from the mission is a photo of Buzz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[]},"categories":[3],"tags":[2664,2800,2801,396,2802,968,2799,2803],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8963"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11490,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions\/11490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}