Frank Borman Sunset over the lunar farside first seen by humans Apollo 8, 21-27 December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA photo No AS8-14-2402], 20,3 x 25,4 cm (8 x 10 in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso (NASA / North American Rockwell).Footnotes: The lunar farside terminator had never been seen by human eyes prior to the Apollo 8 mission. 'The deep shadows near the terminator [boundary between day and night on the Moon] emphasize the relief which appears forbidding because of the accentuation of detail at the low Sun elevation.' (from NASA SP-246, p. 20)The spacecraft was orbiting the backside of the Moon on board the Apollo 8 Command Module at the furthest distance ever travelled from Earth, without communication with Mission Control, when Frank Borman shot this fantastic vertical view (from colour magazine 14/D) of the floor of the 437-km walled plain Crater Korolev (named America by the astronauts) through the 250mm telephoto lens as the Sun was setting over the lunar farside.North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.Literature:LIFE, January 17, 1969, p. 26.

Lightly toned, very good