First photo of nearly full Earth from lunar orbit
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The first photograph of the nearly full Earth from lunar orbit, Lunar Orbiter V, 8 August 1967
printed 1967
vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper
10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)
This very important early photograph of the Earth is a close-up of Lunar Orbiter high resolution frame V-27H2, taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of about 5872 km.
Numbered to verso '67-H-1109' with NASA HQ caption.
Literature: Moon: Man's Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., pg. 143 Exploring Space with a Camera (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 115
This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois.
printed 1967
vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper
10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)
This very important early photograph of the Earth is a close-up of Lunar Orbiter high resolution frame V-27H2, taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of about 5872 km.
Numbered to verso '67-H-1109' with NASA HQ caption.
Literature: Moon: Man's Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., pg. 143 Exploring Space with a Camera (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 115
This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois.
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First photo of nearly full Earth from lunar orbit
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