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   Photo ID:

   AS08-12-2192   


   Program:

   Apollo   


   Mission:

   Apollo VIII


   Date Taken:

   1968-12-24


   Film Type:

   70mm BW

Title:
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft
Description:
View of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is located near 130 degrees east longitude and 70 degrees south latitude. The dark floored crater near the middle of the right side of the photograph is about 70 kilometers (45 statute miles) in diameter. Both features are beyond the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from earth; neither has a name.
Subject Terms:
APOLLO 8 APOLLO PROJECT LUNAR EXPLORATION LUNAR SOIL LUNAR SURFACE MOON ONBOARD ACTIVITIES PHOTOGRAPHY
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