Early photograph of the Moon, 1871

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Early photograph of the Moon. This photograph was taken on 27th february 1871, by the US astronomer Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892). Rutherfurd was renowned for his early photographs of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars. This photograph was taken with the Moon in its first quarter.

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Size: 4790px × 7304px
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Photo credit: © THE GETTY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 1800s, 1871, 19th, 27th, american, astronomical, astronomy, black, century, craters, february, historical, history, lewis, lunar, monochrome, moon, rutherfurd, white