Article 37GQ3 Beautiful photo of Earth from 10,000 miles away taken on this day in 1968

Beautiful photo of Earth from 10,000 miles away taken on this day in 1968

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Mark Frauenfelder
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From NASA: "On November 9, 1969, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a crewed flight returning from the Moon. A 70mm camera was programmed to look out a window toward Earth, and take a series of photographs from "high apogee." Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Antarctica, looking west. This photograph was made as the Apollo 4 spacecraft, still attached to the S-IVB (third) stage, orbited Earth at an altitude of 9,544 miles."

Image Credit: NASA

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