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East coast of the United States seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

East coast of the United States seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacec...

AS6-02-1485 (4 April 1968) --- View of the east coast of the United States as photographed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's unmanned Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) space mission. T... More

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

AS06-02-1462 (4 April 1968) --- View of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area as photographed from the unmanned Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) space mission. The highway and expressway system in and around b... More

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

AS07-03-1545 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The expended Saturn S-IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers at an approximate altitude of 125 nautical miles, at groun... More

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

AS07-03-1531 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers. This photograph was taken over Sonora, Mexico, during Apoll... More

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

AS07-03-1538 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers. This photograph was taken during Apollo 7's second revoluti... More

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

AS07-03-1535 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers at an altitude of 126 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time... More

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

AS07-03-1541 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers. St. Louis Bay and Lake Borgne area just east of New Orleans... More

Persian Gulf are of Iran, Qeshm Island, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Persian Gulf are of Iran, Qeshm Island, as seen from the Apollo 7 spac...

AS7-05-1615 (12 Oct. 1968) --- Persian Gulf coastal area of Iran, Qeshm Island, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 24th revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of approximately 130 nauti... More

Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, as seen from the Apollo 7

Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, as seen from the Apo...

Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Sinai Peninsula, United Arab Republic (Egypt), Mediterranean Sea, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 13th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 126 nau... More

Southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

This view of southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 18th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 124 nautical miles. The coast of California can be seen from Point... More

Lake Nasser on Nile River in Egypt as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Lake Nasser on Nile River in Egypt as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraf...

Lake Nasser on the Nile River in southeastern United Arab Republic (Egypt) as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 10th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 130 nautical miles, at g... More

Cloud patterns as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Cloud patterns as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS07-05-1644 (13 Oct. 1968) --- Remarkable cloud patterns as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 34th revolution of Earth. Note break in two adjacent decks of strato-cumulus cloud formations. Sea can b... More

Kabul, Afghanistan area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Kabul, Afghanistan area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS7-05-1667 (13 Oct. 1968) --- Kabul, Afghanistan area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 39th revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of 127 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time of 61... More

Gulf of Mexico, coast of Yucatan, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Gulf of Mexico, coast of Yucatan, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS07-05-1635 (13 Oct. 1968) --- Gulf of Mexico, coast of Yucatan, Mexico, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 33rd revolution of Earth. Note road leading to city of Merida which is under cloud cover... More

Pacific coast southwestern Mexico as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Pacific coast southwestern Mexico as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS07-05-1652 (13 Oct. 1968) --- Pacific coast area of southwestern Mexico, State of Guerrero, from Acapulco to Tecoanapa, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 34th revolution of Earth. Photographed f... More

Island of Oahu, State of Hawaii, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Island of Oahu, State of Hawaii, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS7-07-1741 (14 Oct. 1968) --- Island of Oahu, State of Hawaii, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 51st revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of 122 nautical miles, at ground elapsed t... More

Sudan as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Sudan as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS7-06-1718 (14 Oct. 1968) --- Sudan, showing White Nile and Blue Nile rivers below Khartoum, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 44th revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of approxima... More

Mountain ranges in western Pakistan as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Mountain ranges in western Pakistan as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecra...

AS07-07-1832 (15 Oct. 1968) --- Toba, Kakar, Fort Sandeman, Sulaiman Range area in (West) Pakistan, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 84th revolution of Earth. Note geological features such as fol... More

Matagorda Bay, Gulf Coast of Texas as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Matagorda Bay, Gulf Coast of Texas as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraf...

AS07-07-1800 (15 Oct. 1968) --- Matagorda Bay area on the Gulf Coast of Texas as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 62nd revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of 90 nautical miles, at gro... More

Red Sea coastal area of Saudi Arabia as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Red Sea coastal area of Saudi Arabia as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecr...

AS07-07-1774 (15 Oct. 1968) --- Red Sea coastal area of Saudi Arabia as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 58th revolution of Earth. This picture shows extent of coral reefs in the Red Sea. Photograph... More

World's mountains over 5 miles above sea level as seen from the Apollo 7

World's mountains over 5 miles above sea level as seen from the Apollo...

AS7-07-1748 (15 Oct. 1968) --- The world's dozen peaks which reach a height of greater than five miles above sea level are seen in this photograph from the Apollo 7 spacecraft at an altitude of approximately 13... More

Houston, Texas and Gulf Coast area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Houston, Texas and Gulf Coast area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraf...

AS07-07-1872 (11-22 Oct. 1968) --- The Houston, Texas, and Gulf Coast area, looking southeast, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft at an altitude of 101 nautical miles. This photograph was made during the spac... More

Hurricane Gladys, Gulf of Mexico as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Hurricane Gladys, Gulf of Mexico as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS07-07-1877 (17 Oct. 1968) --- Hurricane Gladys, Gulf of Mexico, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 91st revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 99 nautical miles, at ground elap... More

South America as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

South America as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS07-07-1826 (17 Oct. 1968) --- This view of South America was photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 81st revolution of Earth from an altitude of 120 nautical miles. The port city of Antofagasta,... More

New Orleans area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

New Orleans area as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

The greater New Orleans area, including portions of Louisiana and Mississippi, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 120th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 95 nautical miles, ... More

Woodlark Island in Solomon Sea as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Woodlark Island in Solomon Sea as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS07-04-1609 (21 Oct. 1968) --- Woodlark Island in the Solomon Sea, east of New Guinea and northeast of Australia, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 158th revolution of Earth. Photographed from an... More

Northwestern Argentina as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Northwestern Argentina as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

AS07-04-1593 (21 Oct. 1968) --- This Earth observation photograph shows Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Salar de Atacama, the Andes Mountains, and Gran Chaco. The coordinates for the center of this photograph are 23... More

Tuamotu Archipelago in South Pacific as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft

Tuamotu Archipelago in South Pacific as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecr...

AS07-04-1590 (20 Oct. 1968) --- Tuamotu Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, looking southwest, as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 141st revolution of Earth. The photograph was taken fro... More

Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

AS08-16-2588 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from Apollo 8 spacecraft. (Hold picture with Earth at bottom left). The large, most prominent land mass is the bulge ... More

Entire Western Hemisphere visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Entire Western Hemisphere visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

AS08-16-2593 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- A striking view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft showing nearly the entire Western Hemisphere, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, including nearby Newfoundland, extending t... More

View of earth visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft during lunar orbital mission

View of earth visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft during lunar orbital mi...

AS08-16-2596 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- View of Earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts during their lunar orbit mission. North is about five percent to the right of vertical. The sunset terminator crosses ... More

View of earth during return from moon taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

View of earth during return from moon taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

AS8-15-2561 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- View of Earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts on their return trip from the moon. Note that the terminator is straighter than on the outbound pictures. The terminato... More

Lunar Module 3 attached to Saturn V third stage

Lunar Module 3 attached to Saturn V third stage

AS09-19-2919 (3 March 1969) --- The Lunar Module (LM) "Spider", still attached to the Saturn V third (S-IVB) stage, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Gumdrop" on the first day of the A... More

View of docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Module and Lunar Module

View of docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Module and Lunar Module

AS09-20-3064 (6 March 1969) --- Excellent view of the docked Apollo 9 Command and Service Modules (CSM) and Lunar Module (LM), with Earth in the background, during astronaut David R. Scott's stand-up extravehic... More

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

AS09-21-3212 (7 March 1969) --- A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM), "Spider", in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 ... More

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

AS09-21-3199 (7 March 1969) --- Excellent view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module, "Spider," in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Ear... More

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

AS09-21-3181 (7 March 1969) --- A View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM), "Spider," in a lunar lading configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 E... More

Oblique view of Houston, Texas as seen from Apollo 9

Oblique view of Houston, Texas as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-22-3463 (9 March 1969) --- Oblique view of the Houston, Texas area as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. This picture was taken from an altitude of 103 nautical mil... More

Grand Canyon in Colorado Plateau in Arizona as seen from Apollo 9

Grand Canyon in Colorado Plateau in Arizona as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-20-3137 (3-13 March 1969) --- The Grand Canyon is sharply etched on the snow-covered Colorado Plateau in Arizona in this photograph from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. Lake Powel... More

Near vertical view of Phoenix, Arizona as seen from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of Phoenix, Arizona as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-22-3441 (March 1969) --- Near vertical view of the Phoenix, Arizona area as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. Farmland patterns checkerboard the area along the Gil... More

Dallas-Ft. Worth area as seen from Apollo 9

Dallas-Ft. Worth area as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-21-3299 (3-13 March 1969) --- Dallas-Fort Worth area as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. The superhighways leading out of two cities are clearly visible. The larg... More

View of Central Texas as seen from Apollo 9

View of Central Texas as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-22-3341 (3-13 March 1969) --- Central Texas area as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. Interstate 35 runs from Austin (right center edge of picture) to Waco (near b... More

Los Angeles-Long Beach area of Southern California as seen from Apollo 9

Los Angeles-Long Beach area of Southern California as seen from Apollo...

AS09-22-3436 (March 1969) --- Los Angeles-Long Beach area of southern California, as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its 92nd revolution of Earth. Santa Catalina Island is located off the coast... More

Near vertical view of thunderhead over South America as seen from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of thunderhead over South America as seen from Apol...

AS09-22-3374 (March 1969) --- Near vertical view of thunderhead over South America as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission.

Dallas-Ft. Worth, Sherman, Denison, Red River, Lake Taxoma from Apollo 9

Dallas-Ft. Worth, Sherman, Denison, Red River, Lake Taxoma from Apollo...

AS09-23-3586 (11 March 1969) --- Dallas, Ft. Worth, Sherman, Denison, Red River, and Lake Texoma, as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its 122nd revolution of Earth.

Near vertical view of Birmingham, Alabama as seen from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of Birmingham, Alabama as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-23-3566 (3-13 March 1969) --- Near vertical view of the Birmingham, Alabama area extending to Gadeden, as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. The city spreads out be... More

Near vertical view of Lubbock area in west Texas as seen from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of Lubbock area in west Texas as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-23-3561 (3-13 March 1969) --- Near vertical view of the Lubbock area in west Texas as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. Conspicuous patterns of farmland surround t... More

Cape Hatteras, North Carolina area as seen from Apollo 9

Cape Hatteras, North Carolina area as seen from Apollo 9

AS09-20-3128 (3-13 March 1969) --- Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, area as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. Cape Lookout is near bottom of picture. Cape Hatteras juts t... More

Gulf of Fonseca, Pacifica coast of Central America as seen from Apollo 9

Gulf of Fonseca, Pacifica coast of Central America as seen from Apollo...

AS09-19-3019 (3-13 March 1969) --- Gulf of Fonseca, on the Pacific coast of Central America, as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission. The gulf is shared by the nations of E... More

North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York area as seen from Apollo 9

North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York area as seen from A...

AS09-20-3126 (3-13 March 1969) --- Oblique view of the U.S. South Atlantic coastal area as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its Earth-orbital mission in March of 1969. This view shows area north... More

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

AS10-34-5010 (18 May 1969) --- This photograph of Earth was taken from the Apollo 10 spacecraft shortly after trans-lunar insertion. The counter-clockwise arrangement of the cloud formations indicates a norther... More

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

AS10-34-5026 (18-26 May 1969) --- An Apollo 10 photograph of Earth taken from 100,000 miles away. Visible are many areas of Europe and Africa. Among the features and countries identifiable are Portugal, Spain, ... More

Apollo 10 view of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon

Apollo 10 view of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon

AS10-27-3890 (18-26 May 1969) --- A view of Earth rising above the lunar horizon photographed from the Apollo 10 Lunar Module, looking west in the direction of travel. The Lunar Module at the time the picture w... More

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

AS10-34-5013 (18 May 1969) --- A view of Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon. While the Yucatan Peninsula is obscur... More

Northeasterly, low-oblique view of unnamed crater on lunar farside

Northeasterly, low-oblique view of unnamed crater on lunar farside

AS11-43-6412 (July 1969) --- This is a northeasterly, low-oblique view of an unmanned crater and highland area on the lunar farside, as photographed from Apollo 11. The center of the picture is located at the 1... More

Apollo 11 oblique view of lunar farside

Apollo 11 oblique view of lunar farside

AS11-43-6439 (July 1969) --- An Apollo 11 oblique view of the lunar farside. The linear group of small craters is located within the large International Astronomical Union crater No. IX, and is centered at 139... More

Oblique view of crater Theophilus at northwest edge of Sea of Nectar

Oblique view of crater Theophilus at northwest edge of Sea of Nectar

AS11-42-6237 (20 July 1969) --- An Apollo 11 oblique view of the large crater Theophilus located at the northwest edge of the Sea of Nectar on the lunar nearside. Theophilus is about 60 statute miles in diamete... More

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecra...

AS11-44-6549 (16-24 July 1969) --- This view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft shows Earth rising above the moon's horizon. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside. Coordinates of t... More

View of Earth showing clouds over water taken by Apollo 11 crewmembers

View of Earth showing clouds over water taken by Apollo 11 crewmembers

AS11-36-5299 (16 July 1969) --- This view of Earth showing clouds over water was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft following translunar injection. While astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edw... More

View of Earth taken by Apollo 11 crewmembers

View of Earth taken by Apollo 11 crewmembers

AS11-36-5337 (16 July 1969) --- This view of Earth showing clouds over its surface was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the moon. The spacecraft was already about ... More

View of bright-rayed crater on lunar farside

View of bright-rayed crater on lunar farside

AS11-42-6285 (July 1969) --- An Apollo 11 view of a bright rayed crater on the lunar farside. The crater is unnamed. The center of this photograph is located at 100 degrees southeast longitude and 4 degrees 3... More

Oblique view of lunar farside photographed from orbit looking southwest

Oblique view of lunar farside photographed from orbit looking southwes...

AS11-44-6609 (16-24 July 1969) --- An oblique of the Crater Daedalus on the lunar farside as seen from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The view looks southwest. Daedalus (formerly referred to as I.A.U.... More

Apollo 11 oblique view of lunar farside

Apollo 11 oblique view of lunar farside

AS11-43-6422 (July 1969) --- An Apollo 11 oblique view of the lunar farside. These two odd-shaped craters are located midway between International Astronomical Union craters 218 and 220, and are centered at 15... More

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecra...

AS11-44-6552 (16-24 July 1969) --- This view of Earth rising over the moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo spacecraft. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside. Coordinates o... More

Oblique view of lunar farside in area of IAU crater no. 312

Oblique view of lunar farside in area of IAU crater no. 312

AS11-42-6248 (July 1969) --- An Apollo 11 oblique view of the lunar farside in the area of International Astronomical Union crater No. 312, which is about 30 statute miles in diameter. The center of the photog... More

View of Earth, showing Africa, Europe and Asia taken by Apollo 11 crewmember

View of Earth, showing Africa, Europe and Asia taken by Apollo 11 crew...

AS11-36-5355 (17 July 1969) --- Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-lunar coast toward the moon. Apollo... More

One-third of Earth's sphere as seen from Apollo 11 spacecraft

One-third of Earth's sphere as seen from Apollo 11 spacecraft

AS11-44-6689 (16-24 July 1969) --- One-third of the Earth's sphere illuminated, Earth's terminator, sunglint, a portion of east Africa, as photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its first lunar landi... More

Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb,with Earth on the ho

Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb,with Earth on the ho

AS11-44-6551 (July 1969) --- This view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft shows the Earth rising above the moon's horizon. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside. Coordinates of the... More

Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module

Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module

AS11-44-6642 (21 July 1969) --- The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) during rende... More

Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module

Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module

AS11-44-6634 (21 July 1969) --- The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. onboard, is photographed from the Command and Services Modules (CSM) in lu... More

View of the Earth seen from the Apollo 12 spacecraft

View of the Earth seen from the Apollo 12 spacecraft

AS12-50-7362 (14 Nov. 1969) --- A view of one-third of Earth, with Australia on the horizon, as photographed by the three-man crew of Apollo 12. The Command and Service Modules, mated to the Lunar Module (yet t... More

Photograph of Earth taken from Apollo 13 spacecraft during transearth journey

Photograph of Earth taken from Apollo 13 spacecraft during transearth ...

AS13-60-8588 (17 April 1970) --- This photograph of Earth was taken from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Apollo 13 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home. The most visible lan... More

View of Earth photographed by Apollo 15 on voyage to the Moon

View of Earth photographed by Apollo 15 on voyage to the Moon

AS15-91-12343 (26 July 1971) --- This view of Earth was photographed by the Apollo 15 crewmen as they sped toward the fourth lunar landing. The spacecraft was between 25,000 and 30,000 nautical miles from Earth... More

View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon

View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon

AS17-148-22742 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- Most of Australia (center) and part of Antarctica are visible in this photo of a three-quarters Earth, recorded with a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera using a 250mm lens. The... More

View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon

View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon

AS17-148-22727 (7 Dec. 1972) --- This view of Earth was seen by the Apollo 17 crew as they traveled toward the moon on their NASA lunar landing mission. This outstanding trans-lunar coast photograph extends fro... More

View of Africa and Madagascar from the Apollo 17 spacecraft

View of Africa and Madagascar from the Apollo 17 spacecraft

AS17-148-22717 (7 Dec. 1972) --- This view of a portion of Earth was taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft following trans-lunar insertion during the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo Program. The visi... More

View of Saudi Arabia and north eastern Africa from the Apollo 17 spacecraft

View of Saudi Arabia and north eastern Africa from the Apollo 17 space...

AS17-148-22718 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- This excellent view of Saudi Arabia and the north eastern portion of the African continent was photographed by the Apollo 17 astronauts with a hand-held camera on their trans... More

Close-up view of U.S. flag deployed on Moon by Apollo 17 crew

Close-up view of U.S. flag deployed on Moon by Apollo 17 crew

AS17-134-20466 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- A close-up view of the U.S. flag deployed on the moon at the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the crewmen of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The crescent Earth can be seen... More

View of Earth above the antenna of the lunar roving vehicle during EVA

View of Earth above the antenna of the lunar roving vehicle during EVA

AS17-134-20473 (13 Dec. 1972) --- Earth appears in the far distant background above the hi-gain antenna of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in this photograph taken by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt during the... More

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

SL4-143-4706 (8 Feb. 1974) --- An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM befo... More

Detroit, MI, Toledo, OH and Lake Erie

Detroit, MI, Toledo, OH and Lake Erie

SL2-05-390 (22 June 1973) --- Greater Detroit (42.0N, 82.5W) is located at the southeastern border of Michigan on the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Lake Huron to the north. The river co... More

Himalayan Mountain Range, India/Tibet, Himalayan (Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan)

Himalayan Mountain Range, India/Tibet, Himalayan (Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan...

SL2-102-900 (22 June 1973) --- The Great Himalayan Mountain Range, India/Tibet (30.5N, 81.5E) is literally the top of the world where mountains soar to over 20,000 ft. effectively isolating Tibet from the rest ... More

San Francisco and Bay Area, CA, USA

San Francisco and Bay Area, CA, USA

SL2-03-118 (June 1973) --- An infrared photograph of the San Francisco Bay, California area, taken from the Skylab 1/2 space station in Earth orbit. THE PICTURE SHOULD BE HELD WITH THE CLOUDS AND PACIFIC OCEAN ... More

Entire Island of Crete. NASA Skylab space station

Entire Island of Crete. NASA Skylab space station

SL2-05-364 (22 June 1973) --- Lying in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the entire Island of Crete (35.0N, 25.0E) can be seen in great detail in this cloud free view. The volcanic origins of this island can also ... More

Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, Potomac river

Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, Potomac river

SL2-05-393 (22 June 1973) --- The nation's capital lies astride the Potomac River (38.5N, 77.5W) at the head of the Potomac Estuary. Baltimore, MD, also in the scene, is connected to Washington by the Baltimore... More

Strait of Gibraltar. NASA Skylab space station

Strait of Gibraltar. NASA Skylab space station

SL2-05-370 (22 June 1973) --- Gateway to the Atlantic, since ancient times the Strait of Gibraltar (36.5N, 4.5W) is also the border between Africa and Europe. In Spain to the north, the dark area near the coast... More

Mississippi River, Yazoo Basin, Memphis, TN

Mississippi River, Yazoo Basin, Memphis, TN

SL2-05-422 (22 June 1973) --- This section of the lower Mississippi River (34.0N, 90.0W) known as the Yazoo Basin, is characterized by a wide expanse of rich river bottomland with many oxbow lakes, the remains ... More

Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

SL2-106-1194 (22 June 1973) --- This overhead view of the central eastern shore of Florida shows the Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center (28.5N, 80.5W), where all of the NASA manned space missions originate... More

Ottawa, Quebec Province, Canada and Glaciated Landscape

Ottawa, Quebec Province, Canada and Glaciated Landscape

SL2-05-380 (22 June 1973) --- Ottawa, in the province of Ontario, (46.5N, 75.5W) is the capital of Canada and can be seen near the bottom of this scene on the Ottawa River. The region shown lies within the Cana... More

Mojave Desert, California. NASA Skylab space station

Mojave Desert, California. NASA Skylab space station

SL2-03-126 (June 1973) --- A color infrared photograph of the Los Angeles County and Kern County area, taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit during its first manned Skylab mission. The Mojave Deser... More

Phoenix, AZ, USA. NASA Skylab space station

Phoenix, AZ, USA. NASA Skylab space station

SL2-03-200 (22 June 1973) --- The city of Phoenix, AZ (33.5N, 112.0W) can be seen in good detail in this color infrared scene. Situated among truck crop agriculture fields, the color infrared photo depicts the ... More

New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain

New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain

SL2-05-397 (22 June 1973) --- New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain (31.0N, 91.0W) can all be seen in this single detailed view. The marshlands of the Atchafalaya Basin, previously t... More

Lake Mead, NV. NASA Skylab space station

Lake Mead, NV. NASA Skylab space station

SL2-03-192 (22 June 1973) --- Lake Mead, Nevada, (36.0N, 114.5E) where the water from the Colorado River empties after it's 273 mile journey through the Grand Canyon of Arizona is the subject of this photo. Oth... More

Southern Italy. NASA Skylab space station

Southern Italy. NASA Skylab space station

SL2-05-359 (22 June 1973) --- This rare cloud free view of southern Italy (41.0N, 16.0E) shows almost all of the famous `boot' configuration of the peninsula up to just north of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. The l... More

Detroit and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan

Detroit and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan

SL2-05-389 (22 June 1973) --- This scene displays the southeastern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and adjacent Ontario, Canada (43.0N, 84.0W). Detroit can be recognized by its radial pattern of development ... More

Lake Powell, Colorado River, Utah and Grand Canyon, Arizona

Lake Powell, Colorado River, Utah and Grand Canyon, Arizona

SL2-04-018 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Arizona-Utah border area showing the Colorado River and Grand Canyon photographed from the Skylab 1/2 space station in Earth orbit. This picture was taken by on... More

Eastern Iowa, Northwestern Illinois. NASA Skylab space station

Eastern Iowa, Northwestern Illinois. NASA Skylab space station

SL2-10-250 (May-June 1973) --- A vertical view of eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois, as photographed from Skylab space station in Earth orbit. Davenport, Burlington and Muscatine, Iowa; and Rock Island and... More

White Sands, Carrizozo Lava Beds, NM

White Sands, Carrizozo Lava Beds, NM

SL2-04-288 (22 June 1973) --- A truly remarkable view of White Sands and the nearby Carrizozo Lava Beds in southeast New Mexico (33.5N, 106.5W). White Sands, site of the WW II atomic bomb development and testin... More

Boston, MA and New England Coastline

Boston, MA and New England Coastline

SL2-05-381 (22 June 1973) --- Boston, MA and the New England Coastline (43.5N, 84.0W) can be seen in this view. The typical rugged rocky coast of Maine is the result of heavy glacial action producing the rocky ... More

View of Mediterranean coastal area of southeastern France

View of Mediterranean coastal area of southeastern France

SL3-40-077 (July-September 1973) --- A vertical view of the Mediterranean coastal area of southeastern France as photographed from Earth orbit by one of the six lenses of the Itek-furnished S190-A Multispectral... More

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