First whole Earth photograph during translunar flight recovered on film, Zond 5, September 18, 1968; first B&W crude whole Earth photograph, Molniya, May 30, 1966
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ID 468724
Lot 14 | First whole Earth photograph during translunar flight recovered on film, Zond 5, September 18, 1968; first B&W crude whole Earth photograph, Molniya, May 30, 1966
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£ 1 000 – 1 500
Taken by a camera mounted to the Molniya satellite
First B&W crude photograph of the whole Earth
Molniya, May 30, 1966
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.6 x 25.4cm (8 x 10 in), original wire press photo, with “The Daily Telegraph” credit stamp dated “JUN 1966” and United Press International (UPI) photo caption dated “26th June, 1966” on the verso
14 b
Taken by a camera mounted to the Zond 5 robotic spacecraft
First photograph of the whole Earth during translunar flight recovered on film
Zond 5, September 18, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.2 x 22.5cm, original wire press photo, with “The Daily Telegraph” credit stamp dated “JUN 1966” and United Press International (UPI) photo caption dated “26th June, 1966” on the verso
20.6 x 25.4cm (8 x 10 in)
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