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View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon
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View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon

NASA / JSC · 1972-12-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS17-148-22742 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- Most of Australia (center) and part of Antarctica are visible in this photo of a three-quarters Earth, recorded with a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera using a 250mm lens. The three astronauts aboard the Command and Service Modules (CSM) were in the trans-lunar coast phase of the journey when one of them snapped this shot. While astronauts Eugene A. Cernan commander, and Harrison H.

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APOLLO 17 FLIGHTAPOLLO PROJECTEARTH (PLANET)ONBOARD ACTIVITIESEARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)PHOTOGRAPHY
Credit lineView of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. NASA/JSC, 1972-12-07. Public domain. ID: as17-148-22742.
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