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Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin left this bootprint in the lunar soil at Tranquillity Base, July 20, 1969. The impression, about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) deep, demonstrates the fineness and cohesiveness of the lunar soil.
