Earth's clouds as seen from the STS-5 space shuttle,... Lot 127

Earth's clouds as seen from the STS-5 space shuttle, 1982 Joseph P. Allen and STS-05 crew Large vintage kodachrome print, 40x50 cm with horizontal white margins, watermark “this paper manufactured by Kodak” An iconic view of the Earth atmosphere attributed sometimes to Johnny Mackintosh, the fictional hero of a series of books by English novelist Keith Mansfield: “He tried to squeeze her hand but his body went into spasm and he found himself on the floor of the lift, looking down at the curvature of the Earth beneath him. All his life he'd wanted to witness that view, to be entering space. He closed his own eyes hoping he'd wake up to see it properly...”