Unique color photos for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo mission (18 photos)

50 years ago, NASA launched the Apollo space mission. within which man managed to set foot on the moon. Now, in the days of the 50th anniversary mission, imaging specialist Andy Saunders celebrated the anniversary Apollo by restoring hundreds of photographs taken during the program, and presenting them to the public. Many of the photographs are published for the first time.







During the Apollo mission, the astronauts carefully documented the flights on Hasselblad film. For many years these images were kept in storage at the Johnson Space Center. Fortunately, in recent For several years, NASA has been scanning these images in high resolution and published them. These pictures attracted the attention of a specialist in renderings by Andy Saunders.





After examining the archives, Saunders began to work on the restoration images. Working with a single image can take from several hours to several days depending on the condition of the original file. Sometimes Saunders only needs to reduce the visual "noise" in the photo, and sometimes to lift the veil of darkness in an underexposed photo to show what's underneath. Saunders points out that the process is not uses artificial intelligence, and is very proud of his work on remastering these images.



"Because these are historically significant images, it is very important carefully and carefully process them and preserve their authenticity, while this, as accurately as possible, conveying what the astronauts saw, who were there,” Saunders said. - It took a lot of work. especially in regards to color. Several Apollo astronauts contributed contribution to ensure that my work accurately conveys what it really is - make an incredible journey from Earth to the Moon."



It took Saunders about three years to process the shots. This project for Saunders - an opportunity to share these important pieces space history with a wide audience. "I hope people see pictures and be inspired to learn more about the first space flights, as well as will look forward to our return to the moon and beyond such a distant future,” he says.

On the left are the original photos, on the right are the same shots restored by Saunders. You can compare and be amazed by the result