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Matt T Member Posts: 1380 From: Chester, Cheshire, UK Registered: May 2001	posted 02-27-2007 05:59 PM Get ready to smile lots - and probably buy a new hard drive... Every mission photo from Apollo is on this site, and I mean every. This even includes end of roll or damaged photos that don't appear in the official NASA numbering of the roll — I didn't even know these existed. This is a little fiddly but follow the steps and you'll be able to download huge, high-quality Apollo photos. Go to: The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth Hover your mouse over 'Find Photos' in the menu near the top of the page. From the drop down menu that appears choose 'Search', then 'Mission-Roll-Frame'. From the menu of missions scroll down and select your Apollo mission of choice (I'll use Apollo 9). If you have a particular photo number in mind fill in the 'Roll' and 'Frame 1' boxes. If you want to browse thumbnails leave this blank. Scroll down to 'Choose which kind of records to display (optional)' button. Click it, then select 'All digital images including those that have not yet been cataloged'. Now scroll down and hit 'Run Query'. On the results page tick the 'Show thumbnails if they are available' box. Now browse the 28 pages of Apollo 9 photos until you find one you like. Click on the frame number of the photo, NOT the thumbnail. On the next page scroll down to 'Large Images to Request for Downloading' and hit 'request'. On the next page follow the instructions to download the file either through your web browser or ftp software. It states a delay of up to five minutes, but I requested about 15 files in one batch and they all came through in less than a minute.
gliderpilotuk Member Posts: 3415 From: London, UK Registered: Feb 2002	posted 02-28-2007 04:58 AM Do they all have the frame around them? Presumably this can be cropped for printing.
Matt T Member Posts: 1380 From: Chester, Cheshire, UK Registered: May 2001	posted 02-28-2007 05:59 AM Paul, yes the scans are a little on the generous side, on some you can even see part of the next frame. A quick trim and maybe a tweak on the contrast settings will give you print ready images.
Madon_space Member Posts: 686 From: uk Registered: Sep 2002	posted 02-28-2007 04:05 PM Thanks Matt. Now I know why I have just bought a 500gb hard drive.
Matt T Member Posts: 1380 From: Chester, Cheshire, UK Registered: May 2001	posted 03-01-2007 02:32 PM I think the most valuable aspect of this resource is it is the only source for complete film rolls in high resolution from Apollos 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13.
spacekid2 Member Posts: 202 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Jul 2004	posted 03-01-2007 03:18 PM Matt, awesome site. What I love about this site is that it is a complete record. You get to see every shot and even the mistakes. It really gives you an idea of how many shots were taken during each mission. Apollo 17 alone had 39 pages of shots on this site.

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