Southeastern United States and Caribbean Sea from Apollo 8 Spacecraft
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Southeastern United States and Caribbean Sea from Apollo 8 Spacecraft
December 22, 1968
Chromogenic development print
Image: 18.3 x 18.5 cm
Overall: 20.3 x 25.3 cm
Gift of Glenn E. Matthews
2011.0099.0004
Inscriptions recto (typed in red): NASA/ AS8-16-2581
verso (typed in purple ink): [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058/ FOR RELEASE:/ PHOTO NO. / AS8-16-2581/ 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 AS8-16-2581/ MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS/
APOLLO 8 EARTH VIEW-----This photograph of the earth was taken/ from the Apollo spacecraft while it was in earth orbit. Visible/ is nearly the entire southeastern United States and Caribbean/ Sea area. The U.S. coastline from Chesapeake Bay to the Florida/ peninsula can be seen. The Bahamas and the Islands of Cuba,/ Jamaica, Hispiniola and Puerto Rico extend across the Cari-/bbean. The light blue of the shallow Bahama banks contrasting/ sharply with the darker hue of the deeper water, especially/ in the Tongue of the Ocean area.
verso (typed in purple ink): [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058/ FOR RELEASE:/ PHOTO NO. / AS8-16-2581/ 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 AS8-16-2581/ MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS/
APOLLO 8 EARTH VIEW-----This photograph of the earth was taken/ from the Apollo spacecraft while it was in earth orbit. Visible/ is nearly the entire southeastern United States and Caribbean/ Sea area. The U.S. coastline from Chesapeake Bay to the Florida/ peninsula can be seen. The Bahamas and the Islands of Cuba,/ Jamaica, Hispiniola and Puerto Rico extend across the Cari-/bbean. The light blue of the shallow Bahama banks contrasting/ sharply with the darker hue of the deeper water, especially/ in the Tongue of the Ocean area.
