The Most Iconic Photo Ever
Cox did not stop there with the comments either. “It’s probably the most iconic picture in human history,” he told Aldrin. The astronaut took the time to talk about this photo as well. “Neil’s such an excellent photographer,” Aldrin pointed out. “See, I was walking along like this,” he explained by waggling two of his fingers to show how he had been walking at the time.
The Most Iconic Photo Ever
How It Came To Be
“Armstrong said, ‘Hey, stop!’ So I stopped and looked at him and he took the picture right away. You can identify that I was moving just a little,” Aldrin explained, “But people ask me about it – because it’s so well staged – and we call it the visor picture because the reflection in the visor shows the landing craft and the white-suited astronaut, Neil, who took the picture.” That is surely an intriguing choice of words.
How It Came To Be