Taken by a Camera Aboard the Lunar Orbiter 5 Spacecraft

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Taken by a Camera Aboard the Lunar Orbiter 5 Spacecraft
Telephoto panorama of adjoining high resolution views over the Ocean of Storms, Lunar Orbiter 5, August 1967. Numbered 'V H-173' in the margin lower edge, stamped 'October 18 1967' on the verso. Mosaic of ten vintage gelatin silver prints on Kodak paper, each with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, overall size 19 1/2 x 66 1/2 in. (49.5 x 168.9 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Minor handling creases, cellophane tape and minor adhesive residue at the majority of the sheet corners where prints were joined.

N.B. The photograph was taken from an altitude of about 100 miles near Wichmann Crater in the Ocean of Storms. Lunar Orbiter 5, the last of the series sent to the Moon over twelve months, took 174 photographs during 69 orbits between August 6 and 18. The aim of the mission was to provide additional photographs of possible Apollo landing sites and other scientific sites on the lunar near and far side.

Provenance: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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