[Oblique view of the lunar horizon looking southwest]
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[Oblique view of the lunar horizon looking southwest]

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Photograph

[Oblique view of the lunar horizon looking southwest]

December 1968
Chromogenic development print
Image: 18.3 x 17.8 cm (7 3/16 x 7 in.)
Overall: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Gift of Glenn E. Matthews
2011.0097.0002
Inscriptions verso (typed in purple ink): [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058/ FOR RELEASE:/ PHOTO NO. / AS8-14-2446/ 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 AS8-14-2446/ MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS/

APOLLO 8 MOON VIEW - - This is an oblique view of the lunar/ horizon looking southwest. This photograph, taken during/ the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, covers an area on the fore-/ground to the northwest of the crater Tsiolkovsky on the lunar/ farside. The area in the foreground is located at about 15/ degrees south latitude and 120 degrees east longitude. The/ lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print.

(red ink) 244C

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