E. WHITE OR J. MCDIVITT [GEMINI IV]

Name: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION (EGYPT’S NILE RIVER DELTA), JUNE 3-7, 1965
Brand: E. WHITE OR J. MCDIVITT [GEMINI IV]
Price: 100.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 126

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Closed: 18 May 2022

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THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION (EGYPT’S NILE RIVER DELTA), JUNE 3-7, 1965

E. WHITE OR J. MCDIVITT [GEMINI IV]

Price Realised GBP 126

Closed: 18 May 2022

Price Realised GBP 126

Closed: 18 May 2022

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Edward H. White or James McDivitt

The cradle of civilization (Egypt’s Nile river delta)

June 3-7, 1965

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, with NASA MSC number “S-65-34776” in red and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

“After I got in orbit we looked out and saw the Nile Delta come up for the first time; I took a picture of the Delta on three or four passes. You only get one pass a day where you could get this angle of the delta from well to the west where you can look out and see Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon -even up to Saudi Arabia. That’s got to be my favourite Earth photo,” said James McDivitt (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 37).

“For centuries man has looked on the Nile Valley as one of the cradles of civilization,” astronaut Frank Borman noted. “Generations have explored, excavated, and interpreted the significance of the Nile and its delta, but it was not until 1965 that the world received its first panoramic view of this sprawling spectacle on the northern coast of Africa. This picture revealed, for the first time as an entity, the 500 000-square-mile delta with its collar of wind-whipped rock and desert. This photograph became an important data point in man’s quest to understand his environment.” (Cortright, p. 144).