Photograph of Nearly Full Moon Taken from Apollo 8
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Photograph of Nearly Full Moon Taken from Apollo 8
December 22, 1968
Chromogenic development print
Image: 19.1 x 18.5 cm (7 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Gift of Glenn E. Matthews
2011.0097.0001
Inscriptions verso (typed in purple ink): [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058/ FOR RELEASE:/ PHOTO NO. / AS8-14-2506/ THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION ---- NOT SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT./ It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee/ of commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mis-/lead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters,/ books, etc., layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. NASA MSC also/ requests written notification of any uses of this photograph in scientific-engineering projects./ COLOR/ DEC 1968 AS8-14-2506/ MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS/
APOLLO 8 MOON VIEW----This Photograph of a nearly full moon was taken/ from the Apollo 8 spacecraft at a point above 70 degrees east longi-/tude. (HOLD PICTURE WITH MOON'S DARK PORTION AT LEFT.) Mare Crisium,/ the circular, dark-colored area near the center, is near the eastern/ edge of the moon as viewed from earth. Mare Nectaris is the circular/ mare near the terminator. The large, irregular maria are Tranquilli-/tatis and Fecunditatis. The terminator at left side of picture crosses/ Mare Tranquillitatis and highlands to the south. Lunar farside features/ occupy most of the right half of the picture. The large, dark-colored/ crater Tsiolkovsky is near the limb at the lower right. Conspicuous/ bright rays radiate from two large craters, one to the north of Tsiol-/kovsky, the other near the limb in the upper half of the picture. These/ rayed craters were not conspicuous in Lunar Orbiter photograph due to/ the low sun elevations when the Lunar Orbiter photography was made. The/ crater Langrenus is near the center of the picture at the eastern edge/ of Mare Fecunditatis. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print.
recto (handwritten in red ink): -TOP- (typed in red ink): NASA AS8-14-2506
APOLLO 8 MOON VIEW----This Photograph of a nearly full moon was taken/ from the Apollo 8 spacecraft at a point above 70 degrees east longi-/tude. (HOLD PICTURE WITH MOON'S DARK PORTION AT LEFT.) Mare Crisium,/ the circular, dark-colored area near the center, is near the eastern/ edge of the moon as viewed from earth. Mare Nectaris is the circular/ mare near the terminator. The large, irregular maria are Tranquilli-/tatis and Fecunditatis. The terminator at left side of picture crosses/ Mare Tranquillitatis and highlands to the south. Lunar farside features/ occupy most of the right half of the picture. The large, dark-colored/ crater Tsiolkovsky is near the limb at the lower right. Conspicuous/ bright rays radiate from two large craters, one to the north of Tsiol-/kovsky, the other near the limb in the upper half of the picture. These/ rayed craters were not conspicuous in Lunar Orbiter photograph due to/ the low sun elevations when the Lunar Orbiter photography was made. The/ crater Langrenus is near the center of the picture at the eastern edge/ of Mare Fecunditatis. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print.
recto (handwritten in red ink): -TOP- (typed in red ink): NASA AS8-14-2506
