Apollo 9 Mission image - Arizona
Summary
The Grand Canyon is sharply etched on the snow-covered Colorado Plateau in Arizona as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its earth-orbital mission. Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam is in the upper right corner. Humphreys Peak and the many volcanic craters around the San Francisco Mountains near Flagstaff are right of center. Prescott is under clouds at lower center. Film magazine was E,film type was SO-368 Ektachrome with 0.460 - 0.710 micrometers film / filter transmittance response and haze filter,80mm lens. Latitude was 35.30 N by Longitude 113.00 W, Overlap was 60%, Altitude miles were 126 and cloud cover was 0%.
NASA Identifier: AS09-20-3137
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Date
03/08/2010
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