Southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft
This view of southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 18th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 124 nautical miles. The coast of California can be seen from Point Mugu southward to Oceanside. Santa Catalina can be seen below the off shore clouds. Details of the Los Angeles area are obscured by pollution which extends from Banning westard for 100 miles to beyond Malibu. In the upper portion of the photograph can be seen (left to right) the San Joaquin Valley beyond Bakersfield, the Techachapi Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, Death Valley and the Mojave Desert.
- Date
- 1968-10-12
- Collection
- JSC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft" (1968-10-12). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/as07-11-2022Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 15379.
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