Lot 9
  • 9

Lunar Orbiter V

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • FARSIDE OF THE MOON WITH MARE MOSCOVIENSE, 13 AUGUST 1967
  • silver gelatin photographic print
Silver gelatin print, 16 by 20 inches, of Lunar Orbiter image V-103M.

Literature

See Bowker & Hughes, Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon. 

Condition

Scattered creasing present throughout the print, predominately along the upper edge, and right and left corners.
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Catalogue Note

A spectacular image of the farside of the moon, showing the Mare Moscoviense (Sea of Moscow) and the craters Campbell and D'Alembert.