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Original – Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, stands on the surface of the moon near the leg of the lunar module, Eagle, during the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
Reason
This is the original photo taken by Neil Armstrong
Articles in which this image appears
Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11, Moon landing conspiracy theories, Colonization of Mars, Extravehicular activity, History of spaceflight, History of the United States, History of the United States (1964–1980), July 1969, List of spaceflight records, Space exploration, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
Neil Armstrong, TheDJ, Prof. Professorson
  • I missed that, so have to withdraw support. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:14, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • The other FP was promoted in 2005 when this alternative was not available I believe. It also fails WP:FP? #8 (bullet 4): "Any manipulation which causes the main subject to be misrepresented is unacceptable. (See: Moon landing conspiracy theories#Photographic and film oddities) It is also of lower resolution. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 15:24, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I am scared. When I tried to do that at Commons, discussion went bad very fast. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 16:48, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per duplication of nearly identical image. Mattximus (talk) 19:07, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:30, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]