
Carte photographique de la lune, planche XIV (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XIV)
Le Morvan, Charles · French
March 22, 1899, printed 1914
- Medium
- photogravure with ink on tissue paper overlay
- Classification
- Photograph
- Period
- 1876 to 1900
- Image size
- 6782 × 8665px
Description
This is a photograph of the surface of the moon. The image captures an area densely covered with craters of various sizes. A particularly prominent crater near the center stands out. The surrounding surface displays radiating streaks of lighter color. The photograph's detailed texture offers a sense of depth and structure, revealing both large and small craters, as well as subtle variations in the lunar surface. The text around the image adds a scientific and cartographic context, indicating it is part of a lunar map by C. Le Morvan, with specific longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates noted.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).