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DescriptionCopernicus.gif	English: This is an oblique view of lunar crater Copernicus taken from Lunar Orbiter 2 in orbit about the Moon. At the time this image was published it was dubbed the "Picture of the Century". Here is the original caption from the NASA source page: "Lunar Orbiter 2 oblique northward view of the interior of the 100 km diameter Copernicus crater on the Moon. The central peaks are in the middle of the image, rising about 400 m above the crater floor, and stretching for about 15 km. The northern wall of the crater is in the background. This is the top frame of a set of 3 adjoining high resolution frames, which are available in image lo2_h162_123. (Lunar Orbiter 2, frame 162-H3)"
Date	24 November 1966
Source	Primary source: NASA image lo2_h162_123 Secondary source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lo2_h162_3.gif
Author	NASA (image by Lunar Orbiter 2)

This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: L02-162-H3.

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