Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photography of Site S-30 (KI-3056)

Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photography of Site S-30 (KI-3056)

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Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photography of Site S-30 (KI-3056)

February 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 13 3/8 × 13 7/16 in. (34 × 34.2 cm)
Mount: 18 1/16 × 16 in. (45.8 × 40.6 cm)
Gift of William Vaughn
Inscriptions typed on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens [underlined] \ Medium Resolution Photograph of Site S-30 (KI-3056) \ When this photograph was taken, Orbiter was at about 65°W \ and 7°N at an altitude of about 36 statute miles. The view is looking \ North toward the area of Galilaei [sic?] near the horizon which is about \ 100 miles away. Near the center of the photograph (vertically and \ horizontally) is the rugged region in which the Russian Luna 9 is \ reported to have made its soft landing. The northeast rim of the large \ crater Cavalerius appears near the lower left corner of this scene.
inscribed in pencil on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: 13
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