AS16-121-19451 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Post-TEI view of the Moon.

The original database describes this as:

Description: Post-TEI (transearth injection) view of the Moon. This Hasselblad EL photograph was exposed after the TEC trajectroy had carried the CSM high above a point near the lunar equator at approximately 55E longitude. Near-full-Moon illumination accentuates the difference in albedo and perinits detailed examination of the extensive ray patterns associated with crater that are near of beyond the eastern limb whent he Moon is viewed from the Earth. Image was taken from the transearth coast (TEC) on the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled PP,filmtype was SO-368 (Color Exterior),250mm lens.

Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet)

Categories: Lunar Observations

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Apollo 16 - AS16-104-17001 through AS16-M-3023