i. View of the receding moon from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, December 21-27, 1968
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS8-14-2474' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. View of the moon from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, the Crater Tsiolkovsky on the right edge, December 21-27, 1968
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

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The far side of the Moon, not visible from anywhere on Earth, bears a more rugged landscape peppered with impact craters. The lunar crater Tsiolkovsky (ii), named after Soviet rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, measures approximately 112 miles in diameter with an inner peak 2 miles high.