Title from caption on object: "Prime Site in the Apollo Area of Interest on the Face of the Moon...”

February 1967

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Associated Names
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

United Press International

Publisher

This is a picture of a lunar surface. It shows a landscape filled with craters of various sizes and depths, illustrating the rough terrain of the moon. The overhead view reveals a textured surface with both large and small craters scattered across. Along one edge, there is a strip with alphanumeric sequences and text, potentially related to scientific or exploratory data. A label saying "TOP" is present at the upper edge for orientation. The surface has a monochromatic, grainy appearance common in early lunar photography.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.21.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

top center printed in image: TOP; vertical along left edge printed in image: HCP021507-2/15/67- PASADENA, CALIF: This photograph, taken by the wide angle lens of Lunar / Orbiter 3 of prime site in the Apollo area of interest on the face of the moon. Viewed / with the frame numbers to the right and the band of edge data on the left. North is on the left. UPI TELEPHOTO; on verso, upper right UPI copyright stamp in purple ink; by unknown hand, center right in black ink: D12938 moon; lower left printed in black ink on applied barcode label: historicimages.com / nera00450; lower right stamped in red ink: CLEVELAND PRESS / FEB 17 / 1967 / REFERENCE DEPT.

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