[A view of the Western Hemisphere from the Apollo 8 spacecraft]
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[A view of the Western Hemisphere from the Apollo 8 spacecraft]

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[A view of the Western Hemisphere from the Apollo 8 spacecraft]

December 1968
Gelatin silver print
Image: 18.8 x 19.1 cm
Overall: 20.5 x 25.6 cm
Gift of Glenn E. Matthews
2011.0099.0003
Inscriptions recto (typed): NASA/ AS8-16-2608

verso (typed in purple ink): [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058/ FOR RELEASE:/ PHOTO NO. / AS8-16-2608/ 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 AS8-16-2608/ MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS/

APOLLO 8 EARTH VIEW---A view of th Western Hemisphere from/ the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The sunset terminator runs from/ eastern Brazil to northeastern United States. A large area/ of the U.S. and Meixco, from Baja California to the Missi-/ssippi Valley, is cloud-free. South American is at center,/ with clouds covering all but the Andes Mountains along the/ west coast. The Antarctic ice cap is also visible.
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