Taken by a Camera Aboard the Lunar Orbiter 4 Spacecraft

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Taken by a Camera Aboard the Lunar Orbiter 4 Spacecraft
View of rilles on the Moon, high resolution view, Lunar Orbiter 4, May 1967. Numbered 'IV-161 H2 NASA-LRC' (NASA Langley) in black on the recto lower margin. Large-format vintage gelatin silver print on matte paper, image size 21 1/8 x 16 in. (53.5 x 40.5 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Paper repair along bottom edge of sheet.

N.B. Rilles (rimae in Latin) are long channels or valleys on the lunar surface. The photograph shows Rilles Darwin and Sirsalis near Crater Sirsalis, Southwest of the Ocean of Storms near the western lunar limb. It has a sharp edge and a low central peak. The crater overlaps the slightly larger and older Sirsalis A, and the two form a distinctive feature (top right of picture).
Estimate $400-600


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