NASA Photo ID: AS08-12-2052        File Name: 10074974.jpg
Film Type: 70mm BW                 Date Taken: 12/24/68
Title: View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft
Description:
This near-vertical photograph from the Apollo 8 spacecraft covers an area
of  approximately 50 x 50 statute miles within a 250 statute mile in
diameter  crater on the lunar farside. The center of this large crater is
located at  about 157 degrees west longitude and 4 degrees south latitude.
The large  crater in the center of the picture is about 20 statute miles in
diameter.                 
Subject terms:
APOLLO 8                                
APOLLO PROJECT                          
LUNAR EXPLORATION                       
LUNAR SOIL                              
LUNAR SURFACE                           
MOON                                    
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             

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