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William Anders

The Moon seen for the first time by humans from a different perspective from Earth

Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption numbered “AS8-14-2505” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “AS8-14-2505” in pencil in black in top margin

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William Anders

First human-taken photograph of the whole Moon from a perspective not visible from Earth

Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / North American Rockwell) [NASA AS8-14-2506]

20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Schick and Van Haaften, p. 96.

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Zürich, Kunsthaus, Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, Fly me to the Moon, March-June 2019 and July-November 2019; exhibition catalogue, p. 323, no. 27, illustrated.

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This photograph of a nearly full Moon was taken with the 250mm telephoto lens from the Apollo 8 spacecraft at a point above 70°E longitude. The Sea of Crises, the circular, dark-colored area near the center, is near the eastern edge of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The Sea of Nectar is the circular mare near the terminator. The large, irregular maria are the Sea of Tranquillity and Fertility. The terminator at left side of picture crosses the Sea of Tranquillity and highlands to the south. Lunar farside features occupy most of the right half of the picture. The large, dark-colored crater Tsiolkovsky is near the limb at the lower right. Conspicuous bright rays radiate from two large craters, one to the north of Tsiolkovsky, the other near the limb in the upper half of the picture. These rayed craters were not conspicuous in Lunar Orbiter photography due to the low Sun elevations when the Lunar Orbiter photography was made. The crater Langrenus is near the center of the picture at the eastern edge of the Sea of Fertility.

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As the crew began the homeward journey, Anders photographed for the first time the whole Moon from a perspective not visible by terrestrial observers from above its eastern limb: familiar frontside features such as the Sea of Tranquility, Fertility, Crises, and Nectar are easily identified. Features near the east limb as viewed from Earth, such as the Southern Sea, Smyth’s Sea, Border Sea, and the Crater Humboldt, can be viewed without extreme foreshortening. Lunar farside features occupy most of the right half of the picture.