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View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8
This is how the surface of the moon looked from an altitude of approximately 60 miles as photographed by a television camera aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft. This is Apollo 8's third live television transmission back to earth. At the time this picture was made, the Apollo 8 spacecraft was making its second revolution of the moon.
Catalog Date: 23 December 1968
Film Type: 4x5 BW
NASA image: S68-55816