| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
68-HC-870 |
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| Date : |
12/29/1968
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Title
Earthrise - Apollo 8
Full Description
This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from
behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. The photo is displayed
here in its original orientation, though it is more commonly viewed with the
lunar surface at the bottom of the photo. Earth is about five degrees left of
the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features on the left are near the
eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is
approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Height of the photographed
area at the lunar horizon is about 175 kilometers.
Keywords
Earthrise Apollo 8
Subject Category
Astronauts, Apollo 8, Earth Science,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
68-HC-870
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2001-000009
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: Manned Spacecraft Center
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
.jpg |
90 |
72 |
4 |
Small |
.jpg |
640 |
512 |
59 |
Medium |
.jpg |
1500 |
1200 |
230 |
Large |
.jpg |
1 |
2400 |
972 |
Publication Information
68-H-1401, AS8-14-2383
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