Surface Of The Earth
by Bettmann
Title
Surface Of The Earth
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Bettmann
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. Earth is about five degrees above the Horizon in this photograph. The unnamed surface features in the foreground are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Width of the photographed area at the horizon is about 175 kilometers. On the Earth 240,000 statute miles away, the sunset terminator bisects Africa.
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May 12th, 2020
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