Apollo 11 Moon View, July 20, 1969

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Medium

chromogenic print

Dimensions

image: 18.3 × 18 cm (7 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

sheet: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.36

Artists / Makers

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (artist) American, est. 1958

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Inscription

upper left printed in red ink: NASA / AS11-44-6609; on verso, upper center printed in purple ink: [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058 / FOR RELEASE: / PHOTO NO. AS11-44-6609; upper center NASA copyright stamp in purple ink; center printed in purple ink: COLOR / JULY 1969 / AS11-44-6609 / MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS / APOLLO 11 MOON VIEW--- An oblique view of the lunar farside / photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in lunar orbit, / looking southwest. The large crater in the center of the / picture is International Astronomical Union crater No. 308, / which is located at 179 degrees east longitude and 5.5 de- / grees south latitude. I.A.U. crater No. 308 has a diameter / of about 50 statute miles. The rugged terrain seen here is / typical of the farside of the Moon.

Provenance

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. (sale, Heritage Auctions, Dallas); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary