Lunar Orbiter III - 24 inch Lens High Resolution Photograph of Site S-21.5 (KI-3091)
Photograph
Lunar Orbiter III - 24 inch Lens High Resolution Photograph of Site S-21.5 (KI-3091)
February 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 9/16 × 13 7/16 in. (39.5 × 34.2 cm)
Mount: 17 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (45.6 × 40.5 cm)
Gift of William Vaughn
Inscriptions typed on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: Lunar Orbiter III - 24 inch Lens [underlined] \ High Resolution Photograph of S-21.5 (KI-3091) [underlined] \ This photograph of the backside of the moon was taken near \ apolune (about 1850 kilometers). The area covered is in the southern \ hemisphere and is here shown for the first time in such detail. The \ large crater with the dark floor is Tsiolkovsky, about 150 miles in \ diameter. \ This photograph shows in detail a portion of a photograph \ taken simultaneously with the 80mm lens.
inscribed in pencil on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: 6
inscribed in pencil on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: 6
