380. [Apollo 15] THE ABSTRACT BEAUTY OF THE MOON: orbital views from lunar orbit (4 photos) James Irwin, David Scott or Alfred Worden, 26 July - 7 August 1971 Printed 1971. Four vintage chromogenic prints on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA images AS15-93-12659, AS15-93-12663, AS15-93-12665 and AS15-93-12686]. Numbered "NASA AS15-93-12659", "NASA AS15-93-12663", "NASA AS15-93-12665" and "NASA AS15-93-12686" in red in the top margin, with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the reverses (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas). Each: 25.4 x 20.3 cm. (10 x 8 in.) Historical context The beauty of another world from orbit. These spectacular unpublished photographs from color magazine 93/P were taken from the Command Module Endeavour over the nearside of the Moon through the powerful 250mm telephoto lens, featuring great detail of the moonscape. First photograph: floor of Crater Langrenus on the eastern shore of the Sea of Fertility (8.5° S / 59.5° E). Second photograph: area of Crater Lubbock H on the western edge of the Sea of Fertility (3° S / 42° E). Third photograph: the 29-km Crater Maskelyne A (foreground) and the 4-km bright Crater Censorinus in the southeastern Sea of Tranquillity (0.5° S / 32° E). Fourth photograph: Rima Bradley IV in area of the Montes Apenninus range, along the eastern edge of the Sea of Rains (21.5° N / 2.5° W). "We left the Moon indelibly impressed with its stark, surrealistic features, its nearly overwhelming variety of landforms, and, above all, its awesome beauty." Apollo 15 crew observations