NASA Photo ID: AS06-02-1485        File Name: 10074848.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 04/06/68
Title: East coast of the United States seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft
Description:
View of the east coast of the United States as photographed from the Apollo
6  (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission. This photograph was
taken  during a pass over Georgia, between Savannah and Brunswick. Altitude
of the  spacecraft was 100 nautical miles. Numerous jet aircraft contrails
can be  seen over the Atlantic Ocean. Sun glint on the surface of the ocean
permits  oceanographers to determine conditions of the water.                

Subject terms:
APOLLO 6 FLIGHT                         
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
COASTS                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
GEORGIA                                 
UNITED STATES                           
UNMANNED SPACECRAFT                     

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