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DescriptionLuna 3 moon.jpg
English: Historic photo - the first full view of significant quality (cropped frame number 29)[1], of the first series of photos of the far side of the Moon, taken by Luna 3, October 7, 1959.
The dark patches at left include Mare Crisium (on the near side), Mare Smythii, and Mare Marginis (on the border of the near and far sides). At bottom is Mare Australe. The dark patch above right of center is Mare Moscoviense, and below right of center is Tsiolkovskiy crater. Below and to the right of Tsiolkovskiy is Jules Verne crater.
This image or video was shot in the Russian Federation by an automatic camera. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (Part 80 of Session Resolution No. 10 of April 23, 2019 on Application of Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) postulates that such works are made by a technical tool without creative human activity and they are not the subject of copyright. In particular, the mentioned Session Resolution applies to any photowork or videowork made by automatic camera for administrative violation record.
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This non-U.S. work was published in 1929 or later, but is in the public domain in the United States because it was simultaneously published (within 30 days) in the U.S. and in its source country (Soviet Union) and is in the public domain in the U.S. as a U.S. work (no copyright registered, or not renewed).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Luna 3 moon.jpg discussion: Soviet Union was not party to the Berne Convention in 1959 at first publication (Russia first joined 1995-03-13), and U.S. Code § 104(b)(2) says US copyright only applies to works published "in a foreign nation that, on the date of first publication, is a treaty party".
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