File:AS17-148-22727 (21081863984).jpg

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Summary

 Taken with Hasselblad 500EL using 70mm Ektachrome film of type SO-368 and 80mm f/2.8 Zeiss lens
Description

Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 148/NN - Earth, LM Inspection, Orbital.
This photo was used in Figure 4-9 of the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (SP-330, 1973), which has the following caption:
For the first time on an Apollo mission, the Antarctic icecap was visible during the Apollo 17 TLC. This full-disk view encompasses much of the South Atlantic Ocean, virtually all the Indian Ocean, Antarctica, Africa, a part of Asia, and, on the horizon, Indonesia and the western edge of Australia.


Altitude: Roughly 29,400 km (18,300 miles)
Image center rough coordinates: 17°10'50"N 21°45'19"E
Earth disk center rough coordinates: 26°19’49”S 37°25’13”E
Date UTC
Source AS17-148-22727
Author NASA
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Object location26° 19′ 49″ S, 37° 25′ 13″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
This image or video was catalogued by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS17-148-22727.

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Captions

Earth as seen from roughly 29,400 km at 10:39 UTC on 7 December 1972 by the astronauts of Apollo 17.

inception

1972

start time: 7 December 1972

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coordinates of depicted place

26°19'49.001"S, 37°25'13.001"E