Moon Landscape

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Moon Landscape

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Date
late 1850s
Medium
Salted paper print from a collodion negative
Culture
British
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Once the property of the renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel, this image represents a model of the moon's pocked surface. In the 1850s, when this photograph was taken, it was impossible to take close-up views of the lunar surface. The astronomer thus relied upon such detailed simulations for his research.

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