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Topic: Photo of the week 245f (July 17, 2009)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-17-2009 01:21 AM
   
 Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 was on its way to the moon. Most of Africa and portions of Europe can be seen in this view of the earth, snapped from a distance of about 40,000 miles. Ed Hengeveld |
Space Emblem Art
Member Posts: 194
From: Citrus Heights, CA - USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 07-17-2009 01:34 AM
What a breathtaking photo. Thanks for posting, Ed!Bill
Space Emblem Art |
historyinminiature
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posted 07-17-2009 06:04 AM
Words escape me!! Breathtaking. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 07-17-2009 05:58 PM
As I am seeing this pic they were 40 years ago at this moment looking out the window with the TV camera and sending down the view as they looked out the window and saw this!
I love the NASA audio file on their website! |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 07-17-2009 08:18 PM
Ed, you;e setting a precedent with these pictures that may be difficult to sustain! Thanks!! |
Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 07-19-2009 04:13 PM
This along with the picture (Apollo 17: African Continent) that helped spawn the environmental movement, are the only clear and distant pictures I've seen of Earth.Were there any taken showing North America, from the same relative distance? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-20-2009 10:37 AM
Yes, on Apollo 10 and 13, to name a few. |
icarkie
Member Posts: 618
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 07-20-2009 04:25 PM
Looks like rain in the UK again  |
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