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Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft
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AS08-17-2821 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- This oblique view of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking westward across the Sea of Tranquility shows Apollo Landing Site East 2 illuminated by a sun that is six to eight degrees above the eastern horizon. The landing site is on the dark gray, smooth surface of the Sea of Tranquility and north (to the right) of the bright highland terrain at the lower left corner of the photograph.
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Credit lineOblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft. NASA/JSC, 1968-12-24. Public domain. ID: as08-17-2821.
