Apollo 8 Mission image,Moon, farside
AS08-14-2431 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- This is a near vertical photograph of the lunar surface taken with a telephoto lens during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. The photographed area is approximately 20 miles on a side, and is located within a large, unmanned 100-statute-miles-in-diameter crater on the farside of the moon. This large crater is located at 10 degrees south latitude and 160 degrees east longitude. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print.
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NASA ID
as08-14-2431
Date Created
February 19, 2009
Center
JSC
Media Type
image
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