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New High Resolution Image of the Ocean of Storms Released

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Image credit: LOIRP

You can download the full resolution [492 MB TIFF] image here

This image was taken by Lunar Orbiter III (LPI data) in February 1967. This oblique photo shows the region around the crater Galilaei and Planitia Descensus in Oceanus Procellarum (the Sea of Storms). In the upper center of the image you can see the Great Wall of Procellarum.

This image has been recovered in its original high resolution format from original Lunar Orbiter project data tapes using restored tape drive hardware and will eventually be submitted to the PDS (Planetary Data System).

Posed by: Soderman/NLSI Staff
Source: The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)

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