The Ocean of Storms (First photograph made on the moon)

Roskosmos Luna 9
February 3, 1966
Gelatin silver print on matte fiber paper
Image: 11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches
Purchased on funds given by the Margaret T. Morris Foundation and by Richard and Ronay Menschel, with special assistance by Daniel Blau.
2020.84
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Verso: stamped, in blue ink: February 5, 1966
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Printed in England from the intercepted Soviet radio signal.

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Rocky surface of the moon.

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