Lunar Orbiter II
"The Picture of the Century" — Oblique View into the Heart of Crater Copernicus, 24 November,𝓀 1966
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LUNAR ORBITER II
"The Picture of the Century" — Oblique View into the Heart of Crater Copernicus. 24 November, 1966
Silver gelatin contact print of Lunar Orbiter image II-162H3, 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 in., soft creasing visible in the upper left, right, and𒈔 lower left corners of the image.
"THE PICTURE O🅠F THE CENTURY" — OBLIQUꦫE VIEW INTO THE HEART OF CRATER COPERNICUS, 24 NOVEMBER 1966
Hailed by Life Magazine as "The Picture of the Century," this image was taken from approximately 28.4 miles above the lunar surface, from a vantage point ♈of 150 miles south of the crater. Until this photo was taken, the few imagesꦯ that had been taken of the lunar surface were from a perpendicular angle - this was the first to be taken from an oblique angle, and thus the first ever view of the rugged surface, with its mountains and valleys.
LITERATURE:
See Bowker & Hughes, Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon; Illustrated in: Cortright, Exploring Space with a Camera, p 89.
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