"THE PICTURE OF THE CENTURY"
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR PATRICK MOORE CBE, FRS, FRAS (1923-2012), LOTS 106-123
"THE PICTURE OF THE CENTURY"

NASA, CIRCA 1966

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"THE PICTURE OF THE CENTURY"
NASA, CIRCA 1966
panoramic view of the lunar crater Copernicus, silver gelatin print
39½ x 61½ in. (100 x 156cm.)

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As termed by Life magazine, "The picture of the Century", was taken on 22 November 1966 by the Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft. The Lunar Orbiter Program (1966-7) was a series of unmanned missions to help with the selection of landing sites for the later Apollo missions, they provided the first photographic maps from a lunar orbit.

Taking its name from the great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the 93km crater is one of the Moon's most prominent features and is easily visible with binoculars. Formed over 1 billion years ago by an impact from a meteor, the crater features a central complex of peaks surrounded by smooth flats bordered by a crater wall 3.8km high. It was considered as a landing site for the cancelled Apollo 20 mission since it was then considered volcanic in origin.

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