Buzz Aldrin's footprint. Taken by himself on the first manned mission to the moon July 20, 1969. It was part of an experiment to test the properties of the lunar regolith. It is possibly the most important thing left on the moon by humans.
Reason
Historical Significance, Irreplacability, Recognisability, Representative of Topic, High image quality.
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. But then again, I suppose it would be easy enough to hire out the hollywood soundstage and re-recreate it :-P Wittylama08:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, it's hard to tell if someone is being sarcastic or serious online compared to the real world. For all I know, fcb981 could have been dead serious (maybe I read the talk pages of the conspiracy pages way too much). There was no context clues that suggested that fcb981 was being sarcastic. A "yeah" or "totally" would have suffice. =) JumpingcheeseCont@ct08:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, I have two problems. Do we know that the + signs are part of the original photograph? If they aren't we should try to find a version without them. Also, I'm not fully sure this really represents either of the two articles so well. I suppose an FP doesn't need to be the central image of its articles, but it helps. grenグレン08:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
All lunar pic taken by the camera has + crosshairs (not sure why, positioning?). Currently, the pic on the right is used on the regolith page, which is especially representative of the page. I guess the original pic can be replaced with the FPC on the regolith page. JumpingcheeseCont@ct10:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Explanation of the crosses: First, they are indeed in all space photos taken with Hasselblad cameras, specially modified with a glass pressure plate to keep the film flat (image area equiv. to 120 type film, but these cameras used 70 mm film, without backing paper). The crosses are on the glass for measurring purposes; first, their exact position is known, and any distortion in the lens can be corrected for. Second, they can correct for any shrinkage of the film itself. Just so you know... --Janke | Talk14:21, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Not perfect quality, but you can't expect that from a picture taken by an astronaut on their first moon mission. Historic value alone is enough to feature. - Mgm|(talk)10:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
