Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 11 bootprint.jpg

 
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.
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Historical Significance, Irreplacability, Recognisability, Representative of Topic, High image quality.
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Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11
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NASA

Promoted Image:Apollo 11 bootprint.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 15:16, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]