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High-oblique view of Moon's surface showing earth rising above horizon

High-oblique view of the moon's surface showing the earth rising above the lunar horizon, looking west-southwest, as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft as it orbited the moon. The center of the picture is located at about 105 degrees east longitude and 13 degrees south latitude. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print.



Catalog Date: 22 December 1968
Film Type: 70mm
NASA image: AS08-14-2392


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