This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Earth "Earthrise" The Earth - The Earthrise Over The Moon |
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| See also: Earth Fact Sheet, The Earth - The The Earth Rising Over The Moon As Seen By The Apollo 8 Astronauts, [], The Moon - The Earth Over The The Moon's North Pole, Moon Fact Sheet |   |
This photograph shows the partly-illuminated Earth rising over the lunar horizon. The lunar terrain shown, centered at 85 degrees east longitude and 3 degrees north latitude on the nearside of the Moon is in the area of Smyth's Sea. The Earth is approximately 400,000 km away. (Apollo 11, AS11-44-6552)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27