NASA Photo ID: AST-02-130          File Name: 10076555.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 07/20/75
Title: View of portion of Libya and Arab Republic of Egypt
Description:
An oblique view of a portion of Libya and the Arab Republic of Egypt, as 
photographed from the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint 
U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. The goelogical features 
are the Jebel Uweinat and Jebel Arkenu basaltic mountains in the Libyan
sand  sea. The spacecraft was at an altitude of 219 kilometers (136 statute
miles).                 
Subject terms:
APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT               
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
EGYPT                                   
LIBYA                                   
MOUNTAINS                               
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             

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