Original vintage semi-glossy 12.75 x 14.5 silver gelatin photograph of the moon's surface taken by Lunar Orbiter 2 in November 1966, showing a wide-angle view of the cratered backside of the moon. Affixed to a 16 x 18 mount, with an affixed caption on the reverse, in part: "This view of the backside of the moon by Lunar Orbiter II was taken with the 80mm lens. The spacecraft was at an altitude of about 900 miles above the lunar surface near the equator. The photograph was taken looking northward from a position of 174° E. There is overlap between this photograph taken on the 10th orbit and a second vertical photograph (Number 12) taken on the 9th orbit from a position of 176° E…Site S-4. Frame 34. KI 2119." In fine condition.
