William Anders (American, b. 1933),Frank Borman (American, b. 1928),or James Lovell (American, b. 1928)

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William Anders (American, b. 1933),Frank Borman (American, b. 1928),or James Lovell (American, b. 1928)
Two views of craters on the lunar farside at low and high sun elevation angles, Apollo 8, December 1968. The first with a NASA HQ caption on the verso, the second numbered 'AS8-13-2327' in blue ink within a NASA MSC caption on the verso. Vintage gelatin silver prints, image sizes to 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 18.9 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Minor creases at several corners of sheets.

N.B. The photograph of the 20-miles-in-diameter keyhole-shaped crater (first image) was taken as the crew orbited the far side of the Moon just before witnessing the famous earthrise for the first time. "We used two distinctive craters on the far side of the Moon for navigation. This one was just past the Ocean of Storms as you went around the left side as you look at the Moon, a keyhole-shaped crater...one inside the other,' noted James Lovell. He appreciated this photograph 'because the shadows were just right; the sun was at a very low angle' (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 57). Brightly rayed craters, numerous on the lunar near side, had not been previously observed in such detail on the far side (second image). The NASA negative number for the first image is AS8-12-2052.

Literature: Chaikin, Space, p. 82; Schick and Van Haaften, p. 57 (first image).
Estimate $500-700


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