English: "Alone on a desolate plain of the Moon's Sea of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum), Surveyor I stands quietly, its job well done, wrote HOMER E. NEWELL, Associate Administrator, NASA, in describing the photograph above. "Here is a picture of its own making. Surveyor casts a lengthening shadow as the long lunar day nears its end.

"The mosaic of approximately 52 photographs shows the rough texture of the Moon's cratered and pitted surface, on which rocks and boulders may be seen scattered here and there. Surface temperatures, which at lunar noon had risen to 235° F, are now falling slowly, a mere hint of the approaching plunge to 250° below zero after sunset."

(One should not be misled by the sinusoidal appearance of the lunar horizon in the mosaic. This occurred because Surveyor l's camera was tilted, in order to observe the spacecraft's feet better. Thus, when the camera was pointed in the direction of the tilt, the horizon appeared higher than it was. When the camera was pointed in the opposite direction, it looked slightly upward and the horizon appeared lower. In reality, the vicinity was largely flat.)