Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Title:
Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft
Description:
Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent, land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is dark and cloudy, but the more northerly portions are clear, showing the prominent cape at Dakar and the Senegal River in Senegal; Cap Blanc; the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania; the wide expanse of desert in Algeria and Spanish Sahara; and at the far edge, the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Clouds cover the eastern coast of South America, southward from Surinam and Guyana to near the City of Salvador, Brazil. This view was taken after tranlunar insertion.
Date Taken:
1968-12-22
Program:
Apollo
Mission:
Apollo VIII
Subject Terms:
PROJECT
Subject Terms:
APOLLO
Subject Terms:
EARTH
Subject Terms:
OBSERVATIONS
Subject Terms:
(FROM
Subject Terms:
SPACE)
Subject Terms:
PHOTOGRAPHY
Subject Terms:
AFRICA
Subject Terms:
ATLANTIC
Subject Terms:
OCEAN
Subject Terms:
ONBOARD
Subject Terms:
ACTIVITIES
Subject Terms:
8
Subject Terms:
SOUTH
Subject Terms:
AMERICA
facet_what:
Atlas
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Apollo 8
facet_where:
Atlantic Ocean
facet_where:
Brazil
facet_where:
Mauritania
facet_where:
Senegal
facet_where:
Salvador
facet_where:
Algeria
facet_where:
Dakar
facet_where:
Guyana
facet_where:
Morocco
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Photo ID:
AS08-16-2588
Film Type:
70mm
UID:
SPD-JSC-AS08-16-2588
original url:
http://images.jsc.n…

Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft
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