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Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon
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Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the MoonLunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon

In 1967, Lunar Orbiter Mission 4 sent back to Earth a superb series of photographs of the surface of the Moon, despite severe degradation caused by scanning artifacts and the reconstruction processes involved in transmission from lunar orbit.
Using 21st century techniques, Charles Byrne ? previously System Engineer of the Apollo Program for Lunar Orbiter Photography ? has removed the artifacts and imperfections to produce the most comprehensive and beautifully detailed set of images of the lunar surface.
 
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Tags: Lunar, Orbiter, surface, artifacts, lunar