View of earth during return from moon taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft
AS8-15-2561 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- View of Earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts on their return trip from the moon. Note that the terminator is straighter than on the outbound pictures. The terminator crosses Australia. India is visible. The sun reflection is within the Indian Ocean.
- Date
- 1968-12-24
- Collection
- JSC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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