Carte photographique de la lune, planche XIV (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XIV)

Charles le Morvan

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of the surface of the moon. The image captures an area densely covered with craters of various sizes. A particularly prominent crater near the center stands out. The surrounding surface displays radiating streaks of lighter color. The photograph's detailed texture offers a sense of depth and structure, revealing both large and small craters, as well as subtle variations in the lunar surface. The text around the image adds a scientific and cartographic context, indicating it is part of a lunar map by C. Le Morvan, with specific longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates noted.