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The Moon from Ranger-8: Mare Tranquillitatis (8)
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Caption NASA:"These four images were the first taken by the Ranger 8 P-series cameras. The images are ordered (clockwise from upper left) P3, P4, P2, P1. The P3 and P4 cameras had 6,3° fields of view (~135 Km across) and show 164-Km-diameter Ptolemaeus Crater to the right and the Davy Crater Chain, a white line running S-WW to N-EE at left middle in P3 and lower left in P4. The P1 and P2 cameras had 2,1° fields of view (45 Km across). P1 shows a close-up of the crater Davy Y at the upper right. Image P2 shows the area just East of P1. North is up for all images (Ranger 8, P001)".
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