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Yep, they sent satellites to the moon in 1968 ahead of the Apollo mission. They had to noise the images they took so the world wouldn't know precisely their le
by daniel-cussen 8y ago
Yep, they sent satellites to the moon in 1968 ahead of the Apollo mission. They had to noise the images they took so the world wouldn't know precisely their level of capability, but the photos taken of the entire moon had super high, crisp resolution.
- coldtea 8y ago>but the photos taken of the entire moon had super high, crisp resolution. At the time, wouldn't they be film based images? If so, well, obviously the resolution would be high and crisp, especially if it was medium/large format.
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