This model is one of several Moon views produced by James Nasmyth (1808-1890), a Scottish engineer, photographer and artist. This model landscape show

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This model is one of several Moon views produced by James Nasmyth (1808-1890), a Scottish engineer, photographer and artist. This model landscape shows the Apennine Mountains with the Hadley Rille, 100 years later visited by the Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin.

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Size: 3813px × 4582px
Photo credit: © DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 1800s, 19th, apennine, astronomical, astronomy, century, gypsum, hadley, historical, history, james, lunar, map, model, moon, mountains, nasmyth, rille, solar, surface, system