NASA Photo ID: AS07-11-2022        File Name: 10074916.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 10/12/68
Title: Southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft
Description:
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.              

Subject terms:
APOLLO 7 FLIGHT                         
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CALIFORNIA                              
COASTS                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
MOUNTAINS                               
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
VALLEYS                                 

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