Original vintage semi-glossy 13.5 x 15.5 silver gelatin photograph of the moon's surface taken by Lunar Orbiter 5 in August 1967, showing a near-vertical view of Crater Dawes, revealing some film processing errors. Affixed to a 16 x 18 mount, with a typed caption on the reverse, in part: "Lunar Orbiter V - 24 Inch Lens, High Resolution Photograph of Site V-15 (KI-5040). This photograph of the crater Dawes was taken nearly vertically from an altitude of about 60 miles by Orbiter V in a polar orbit. Dawes is located about 17° N, 26° E between the seas of Serenity (mare Serenitatis) and Tranquility (mare Tranquillitatis). Dawes is a relatively new crater about 12 miles in diameter, 4,800 feet deep with a rim which rises 2,600 feet above its surroundings…Two defects can be seen in this photograph. Two columns of BIMAT processing defects run from the bottom of the photograph to the top giving the appearance of bubbles. In the shadowed wall of the crater near the bottom of the picture is a short line running in the top-to-bottom direction. The length of this line is the width of one framelet (about 0.65 inch at this scale) and occurred with the momentary failure of the read-out electronics. In this photograph, one inch represents about 2,200 feet, about the limit of resolution of the best for earth-based photographs of the moon. Primary read-out. S/C frame number 70." In fine condition, with a tiny stain to the image and a light crease to one corner of the mount.
