Frank Borman Lunar horizon and forbidding craterous surface of the Moon as it appeared to the first humans to see the far side of the Moon, Apollo 8, 21-27 December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.2 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA photo no AS8-14-2453], with A KODAK PAPER watermark on the verso (NASA/North American Rockwell) Footnote: One of the most beautiful photographs of the lunar farside returned by Apollo 8. Borman captured this oblique photograph looking west with the 250mm telephoto lens on rugged terrain never before seen by man, as he enjoyed a lonely view of the spectacular backside of the Moon during Lovell and Anders' sleep period on orbit 8. The foreshortening effects provide an interesting portrayal of lunar farside relief. Original NASA caption for the photograph: This scene is typical of farside terrain illuminated by a sun that is nearly directly overhead. A surface consisting of craters superimposed on older craters extends about 570 kilometres (350 statute miles) to the horizon. Width of view at the horizon is 150 kilometres (94 statute miles). North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.