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LUNAR ORBITER IV—FULL LUNAR DISC & DRAMATIC VIEW OF THE MARE ORIENTALE image 1
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LUNAR ORBITER IV—FULL LUNAR DISC & DRAMATIC VIEW OF THE MARE ORIENTALE

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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LUNAR ORBITER IV—FULL LUNAR DISC & DRAMATIC VIEW OF THE MARE ORIENTALE

Together 4 gelatin silver prints from frame 4182, 17 x 21 inches each, including high res images 182 H1, H2, & H3 which tile together to form a 17 x 63 inch panorama, and medium res image 182 M.

Part of the suite of images taken by Lunar Orbiter IV of the Mare Orientale and Oceanus Procellarum and their immediate environs. Includes 3 high resolution images, comprising views of the large craters Vasco da Gama, Balboa, and Dalton, as well as Russell, Stuve, and Hedin. The 1 medium resolution image of the lunar disc with shows the Oceanus Procellarum with a dramatic view of the Mare Orientalis at its center, being a massive ringed impact basin, most of which lies on the far side of the moon - barely an edge of it is visible from earth. The objective of Lunar Orbiter IV (LO4) was to provide an expanded photographic survey of the lunar surface, providing far higher resolution imagery than was available from ground based telescopes. Launched on May 4, 1967, LO4 completed 30 successive orbits and took 199 exposures which covered 99% of the lunar surface.

See Bowker & Hughes, Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971).

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