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Apollo 16 view of portion of lunar surface
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Apollo 16 view of portion of lunar surface

NASA / JSC · 1972-04-18 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS16-121-19449 (16-27 April 1972) --- This 70mm handheld camera's view of the moon, photographed during the Apollo 16 mission's trans-Earth coast, features Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fertility) in the foreground with the twin craters Messier at the lower right. Nearer the horizon is Mare Nectaris (Sea of Nectar) with craters Goclenius and Gutenberg in between. Goclenius is located at approximately 10 degrees south latitude and 45 degrees east longitude.

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APOLLO 16 FLIGHTAPOLLO PROJECTCRATERSHORIZONLUNAR EXPLORATIONLUNAR SURFACELUNAR TOPOGRAPHY
Credit lineApollo 16 view of portion of lunar surface. NASA/JSC, 1972-04-18. Public domain. ID: as16-121-19449.
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