View of part of the moon's surface, Photographie lunaire - corne nord. 29 mars 1890, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'age de la lune, 216 heures agrandissement direct 15 fois', photographer: Paul-Pierre Henry, France, cliché maker: Michel Berthaud, 1890-03-29, Paul-Pierre Henry, Michel Berthaud, photographer, cliché maker, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 224 mm x width 158mm, surface of the moon, A grayscale close-up photograph of a cratered lunar surface showing a wide expanse of overlapping circular depressions and raised rims, with rough, textured regions of ejecta and bright highlights contrasting darker smooth plains; the image includes varied crater sizes, sharp shadows inside many rims, scattered small bright spots, and a curved limb of the lunar disk at the lower edge.
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View of part of the moon's surface, Photographie lunaire - corne nord. 29 mars 1890, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'age de la lune, 216 heures agrandissement direct 15 fois', photographer: Paul-Pierre Henry, France, cliché maker: Michel Berthaud, 1890-03-29, Paul-Pierre Henry, Michel Berthaud, photographer, cliché maker, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 224 mm x width 158mm, surface of the moon, A grayscale close-up photograph of a cratered lunar surface showing a wide expanse of overlapping circular depressions and raised rims, with rough, textured regions of ejecta and bright highlights contrasting darker smooth plains; the image includes varied crater sizes, sharp shadows inside many rims, scattered small bright spots, and a curved limb of the lunar disk at the lower edge.

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View part moon's surface Photographie lunaire - corne nord 29 mars 1890 page photomechanical print inscription age de la lune 216 heures agrandissement direct 15 fois photographer Paul-Pierre Henry France cliché maker Michel Berthaud 1890-03-29 paper collotype photoprint height 224 mm x width 158mm surface moon grayscale close-up photograph cratered lunar surface showing wide expanse overlapping circular depressions raised rims rough textured regions ejecta bright highlights contrasting darker smooth plains image includes varied crater sizes sharp shadows inside rims scattered small bright spots curved limb lunar disk lower edge

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