First photographs from Apollo 11 in lunar orbit, over the backside of the Moon, 16-24 July 1969

Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, numbered "NASA AS11-36-5410" and "NASA AS11-36-5411" (NASA MSC), in red in top margin, each with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 25,4 x 20,3 cm, (2)

Buzz Aldrin captured these extremely rare unpublished photographs after insertion of Apollo 11 in lunar orbit.

First photograph:
Northern rim of crater Green M on the lunar farside.

Second photograph:
View northeast over the floor of crater Mendeleev with crater Benedict in foreground and crater Harden in mid-distance on the lunar farside.

From the mission transcript during the first orbit of Apollo 11 over the backside of the Moon:
076:05:32 Aldrin (onboard): Oh, golly, let me have that camera back. There's a huge, magnificent crater over here. I wish we had the other lens on, but God, that's a big beauty. You want to look at that guy, Neil?
076:05:43 Armstrong (onboard): Yes, I see him.
076:05:45 Aldrin (onboard): He's coming your way.
076:05:48 Armstrong (onboard): That dark spot.
076:05:50 Aldrin (onboard): Oh, let me - here, let me...
076:05:53 Collins (onboard): Well, there's no doubt that this is a little smaller than the Earth...
076:05:57 Aldrin (onboard): Look at that one.
076:05:58 Collins (onboard): ...would you look at that curvature?
076:06:01 Aldrin (onboard): Where is that dark spot?
076:06:02 Armstrong (onboard): The dark spot's right up here. You want to get the other lens on?
076:06:06 Aldrin (onboard): Yes.
076:06:07 Collins (onboard): Don't you want to get the Earth coming up? It's going to be 9 minutes.
076:06:11 Aldrin (onboard): Yes, let's take some pictures here, first.