NASA Photo ID: AST-19-1555 File Name: 10076563.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 07/24/75
Title: Sunglint in South Western Pacific Ocean
Description:
A sunglint in the South Western Pacific Ocean, as photographed from the
Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz
Test Project (ASTP) mission. The island is Dougainville of the Solomon
Islands group. The horizon of the Earth is in the background. The picture
was taken at an altitude of 231 kilometers (143 statute miles).
Subject terms:
APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT
CLOUDS
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)
HORIZON
ISLANDS
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES
PACIFIC OCEAN
SUN
NASA Home Page
JSC Home Page
Imagery Services Home Page
For questions about Manned Spaceflight images, please contact:
Web Curator: Kevin C. Marsh, KMarsh@ja6.jsc.nasa.gov
or
NASA Technical Monitor: Sid Clinton, NASA/JSC, Mail Code PS4,
Houston, TX 77058