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Moon surface photograph taken by Lunar Orbiter I

This is the first photograph of the lunar surface taken by Lunar Orbiter I to be released in the United States. It is a reassembled photograph made up of 14 framelets. This was the first medium resolution photograph in a series of 20 frames taken by Lunar Orbiter I beginning at 7:43 a.m. PST, August 18. It was readout to Goldstone, California Deep Space Network station beginning at 12:51 p.m. PDT. North is approximately at the top of the photograph when it is viewed with the wall of the large depression on the left border.