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   Photo ID:

   AS07-11-2022   


   Program:

   Apollo   


   Mission:

   Apollo VII


   Date Taken:

   1968-10-12


   Film Type:

   70mm

Title:
Southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft
Description:
This view of southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 18th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 124 nautical miles. The coast of California can be seen from Point Mugu southward to Oceanside. Santa Catalina can be seen below the off shore clouds. Details of the Los Angeles area are obscured by pollution which extends from Banning westard for 100 miles to beyond Malibu. In the upper portion of the photograph can be seen (left to right) the San Joaquin Valley beyond Bakersfield, the Techachapi Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, Death Valley and the Mojave Desert.
Subject Terms:
APOLLO 7 FLIGHT APOLLO PROJECT CALIFORNIA COASTS EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) MOUNTAINS ONBOARD ACTIVITIES PHOTOGRAPHY VALLEYS
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