Lunar Orbiter IV - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photograph of Site 33.2 (KI-4127)

Lunar Orbiter IV - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photograph of Site 33.2 (KI-4127)

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Lunar Orbiter IV - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photograph of Site 33.2 (KI-4127)

May 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 1/2 × 13 7/16 in. (39.3 × 34.2 cm)
Mount: 18 × 15 15/16 in. (45.7 × 40.5 cm)
Gift of William Vaughn
2000.0636.0012
Inscriptions typed on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: Lunar Orbiter IV - 80mm Lens [underlined] \ Medium Resolution Photograph of Site 33.2 (KI-4127) [underlined] \ The vertical photograph was taken by the Orbiter from an altitude \ of 1700 miles in a polar orbit. Crater Orientale [underlined] is about 600 miles in diameter \ out to the third prominent ring of debris. It is located on the edge of the \ backside of the moon at 15°S, 89°W near the western edge of the frontside seen \ in the righthand part of the photo. The Ocean of Storms with crater Reiner, \ the prominent crater Grimaldi and other prominent features can be seen.
inscribed in pencil on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: 10
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