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APOLLO 8 SPACECRAFT IN ORBIT

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APOLLO 8 EARTH VIEW-This view of the rising Earth was seen by the Apollo 8 prime crew, Astronauts Frank Borman, com- mander, James A. Lovell, Jr., command pilot, and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot, during their orbital flight around the Moon. The Earth is approximately five degrees above the lunar horizon. This photograph was taken while the spacecraft was 110° east longitude. The horizon, about 570 kilometers (350 statute miles) from the spacecraft, is near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. Width of view at the horizon is about 150 kilometers (95 statute miles). On Earth, the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The south pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under clouds. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indi- cated in this photograph.

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