← Le Morvan, Charles

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.

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.

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Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

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