NASA Photo ID: AS10-27-3956        File Name: 10075157.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 05/24/69
Title: Photograph of moon after transearth insertion
Description:
This photograph of the moon was taken after transearth insertion when the 
Apollo 10 spacecraft was high above the lunar equator near 27 degrees east 
longitude. North is about 20 degrees left of the top of the photograph. 
Apollo Landing Site 3 is on the lighted side of the terminator in a dark
area  just north of the equator. Apollo Landing Site 2 is near the lower
left  margin of the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis), which is the
large,  dark area near the center of the photograph.               

Subject terms:
APOLLO 10                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
LUNAR LANDING SITES                     
LUNAR ORBITS                            
MOON                                    
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             

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