NASA Photo ID: AST-27-2339 File Name: 10076566.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 07/20/75
Title: Earth's limb and cloud silhouette in Southern Hemisphere
Description:
The Earth's limb at sunrise and cloud silhouette in the Southern
Hemisphere, as photographed from the Apollo spacecraft during the joint
U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. The photograph was
taken at an altitude of 230 kilometers (143 statute miles).
Subject terms:
APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT
CLOUDS
EARTH LIMB
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)
HEMISPHERES
HORIZON
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES
PHOTOGRAPHY
SUN
SUNRISE
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