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Vacuum beyond the Moon after flyby, about 63,500 km from the lunar surface; matte black space surrounds the isolated probe and the small gibbous lunar disk, with the spacecraft body deliberately off-center. The camera porthole sits flush in the probe shell, and both cover halves remain physically attached by opposing hinges. Both objectives are rigidly seated behind the opened porthole; their parallel optical axes point toward the lunar disk's center. Three-axis attitude control holds the free-flying probe steady with its camera axis fixed during exposure. The probe's solar-cell banks conform to the curved shell, with unequal widths and spacing following the cylinder rather than forming a flat grid. Small lens highlights occupy each upper-left rim, matching the Sun-lit upper-left spacecraft skin and lunar terrain. The lunar disk remains distant and small relative to the nearby probe, consistent with the stated range. 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