Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo Sunrise
Explanation:
In November of 1969, homeward bound aboard the "Yankee Clipper" command module, the Apollo 12 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] astronauts took this dramatic photograph of the Sun emerging from behind the Earth. From this distant perspective, part of the solar disk peers over the Earth's limb [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], its direct light producing the jewel like glint while sunlight scattered by the atmosphere creates the thin bright crescent. Today at 10:24 pm Eastern Daylight [ http://www.ast.cam.…] Time [ http://www.phys.was…] is the Summer Solstice [ http://www.lalc.k12…]. From an earthbound perspective [ http://dlt.gsfc.nas…], the solar disk will climb to its greatest northern declination [ http://www.csbsju.e…] marking the Northern Hemisphere's first day of Summer [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and creating the longest day -- with over 15 hours of daylight [ http://nobody.vn.fi…] near latitude 40 degrees.
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 12 Crew [ http://www.ksc.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_when:
1969
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Apollo 12
facet_when_year:
1969
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap960620

Apollo Sunrise
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