Original vintage semi-glossy 13.25 x 14.5 silver gelatin photograph of the moon's surface taken by Lunar Orbiter 2 in November 1966, showing a unique wide-angle vertical view of the dimpled backside of the moon. Affixed to a 16 x 18 mount, with an affixed caption on the reverse, in part: "This vertical view of the backside of the moon recorded by Lunar Orbiter II was taken with the 80mm lens at an exposure time of 1/50 second. The position of the Orbiter was near the equator at about 100° east at an altitude of about 900 miles. This photo does not overlap other backside photos (Numbers 11, 12, and 14)…Site S-14. Frame 196. KI 2063." Also annotated on the reverse in felt tip, "Elle, Kodak." In fine condition.
