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Crater Tsiolkovsky
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Crater Tsiolkovsky |
| Full Description |
This is a view of the large crater Tsiolkovsky as photographed by the astronauts during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, looking East toward the lunar horizon. Tsiolkovsky is approximately 150 statute miles in diameter. It was first identified and named by the Russians from photographs taken by their unmanned Luna III spacecraft. |
| Date |
12/24/1968 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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The Lunar Farside
| Title |
The Lunar Farside |
| Full Description |
View of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is located near 130 degrees east longitude and 70 degrees south latitude. The dark floored crater near the middle of the right side of the photograph is about 70 kilometers (45 statute miles) in diameter. Both features are beyond the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from earth, neither has a name. |
| Date |
12/24/1968 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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High altitude oblique view o
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| Title |
High altitude oblique view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
High altitude oblique view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking northeastward. The crater Joliet-Curie, about 175 kilometers in diameter and centered near 94 degrees east longitude and 27 degrees north latitude, is near the center of the left side of this photograph. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is probably located near 105 degrees east longitude and 45 degrees north latitude. Long, narrow rays that have been reported in the polar region of the earth-facing hemisphere may radiate from this crater. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
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High altitude view of lunar
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| Title |
High altitude view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
High altitude view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward across the crater Humboldt toward the Southern Sea. Humbolt, located at 80 degrees east longitude and 28 degrees south latitude, is the 225 kilometer crater at the top center margin of the picture. Note the high albado along cracks in the floor of the crater. Visible structures within the dark areas on the crater floor suggest the dark material is lava. Dark areas near the lower left corner of the picture are more deposits within the Southern Sea. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
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View of crater Tsiolkovsky t
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| Title |
View of crater Tsiolkovsky taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This is a view of the large crater Tsiolkovsky as photographed by the astronauts during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, looking east toward the lunar horizon. Tsiolkovsky is approximately 150 statute miles in diameter. It was first identified and named by the Russians from photographs taken by their unmanned Luna III spacecraft. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
View of the lunar surface as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Zero-phase bright spot. With near vertical sun illumination, topographical detail is washed out and differences in surface brightness are acentuated. the numerous small bright-halo craters become conspicuous. A few larger craters have extremely bright inner walls that are commonly streaked by darker material. The bright glow near the conspicuous bright-walled crater is a halo that surrounds the position of the spacecraft shadow. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
View of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is located near 130 degrees east longitude and 70 degrees south latitude. The dark floored crater near the middle of the right side of the photograph is about 70 kilometers (45 statute miles) in diameter. Both features are beyond the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from earth, neither has a name. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This Apollo 8 photograph is a view looking south toward the lunar horizon. The bright-rayed crater in the foreground is located at approximately 30 degrees south latitude and 110 degrees east longitude on the farside of the moon. This is another example of a bright-rayed crater which the astronauts photographed during the mission. This type of feature readily stands out in the Apollo 8 photographs because it was photographed at a high sun angle. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This near-vertical photograph from the Apollo 8 spacecraft covers an area of approximately 50 x 50 statute miles within a 250 statute mile in diameter crater on the lunar farside. The center of this large crater is located at about 157 degrees west longitude and 4 degrees south latitude. The large crater in the center of the picture is about 20 statute miles in diameter. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This near-vertical photograph from the Apollo 8 spacecraft covers an area of approximately 50 x 50 statute miles within a 250 statute mile in diameter crater on the lunar farside. The center of this large crater is located at about 157 degrees west longitude and 4 degrees south latitude. The large crater in the center of the picture is about 20 statute miles in diameter. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Oblique photograph looking n
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Oblique photograph looking northwest into Sea of Tranquility |
| Description |
This oblique photograph looks generally northwest from the Apollo 8 spacecraft into the Sea of Tranquility. The three prominent craters are Taruntis F in the lower right corner, Taruntis E in the center, and Cauchy between the two linear features. The Cauchy scarp, this side of the Cauchy crater, is formed by one to three faults stepped down toward the spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
View of the lunar surface as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Zero-phase bright spot. With near vertical sun illumination, topographical detail is washed out and differences in surface brightness are acentuated. the numerous small bright-halo craters become conspicuous. A few larger craters have extremely bright inner walls that are commonly streaked by darker material. The bright glow near the conspicuous bright-walled crater is a halo that surrounds the position of the spacecraft shadow. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This Apollo 8 photograph is a view looking south toward the lunar horizon. The bright-rayed crater in the foreground is located at approximately 30 degrees south latitude and 110 degrees east longitude on the farside of the moon. This is another example of a bright-rayed crater which the astronauts photographed during the mission. This type of feature readily stands out in the Apollo 8 photographs because it was photographed at a high sun angle. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Photograph of nearly full mo
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| Title |
Photograph of nearly full moon taken from Apollo 8 |
| Description |
Photograph of nearly full moon taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft at a point above 70 degrees east longitude. Mare Crisium, the circular, dark-colored area near the center is near the eastern edge of the moon as viewed from Earth. Mare Nectaris is the ciruclar mare near the terminator. The large, irregular maria are Tranquillitatis and highlands to the south. Lunar farside features occupy most of the right half of the picture. The large, dark-colored crater Tsiolkovsky is near the limb at the lower right. Conspicuous bright rays radiate from two large craters, one to the north of Tsiolkovsky, the other near the limb in the upper half of the picture. The crater Langrenus is near the center of the picture at the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-22 |
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High altitude oblique view o
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| Title |
High altitude oblique view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
High altitude oblique view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking northeastward. The crater Joliet-Curie, about 175 kilometers in diameter and centered near 94 degrees east longitude and 27 degrees north latitude, is near the center of the left side of this photograph. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is probably located near 105 degrees east longitude and 45 degrees north latitude. Long, narrow rays that have been reported in the polar region of the earth-facing hemisphere may radiate from this crater. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Brightly-rayed crater on the
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| Title |
Brightly-rayed crater on the farside of the moon near the subsolar point |
| Description |
A brightly-rayed crater on the farside of the moon near the subsolar point, where the sun was directly overhead, as seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Brightly-rayed craters are numerous on the lunar frontside, however, they have not been previously observed in such detail on the farside. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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View of crater Tsiolkovsky t
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| Title |
View of crater Tsiolkovsky taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This is a view of the large crater Tsiolkovsky as photographed by the astronauts during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, looking east toward the lunar horizon. Tsiolkovsky is approximately 150 statute miles in diameter. It was first identified and named by the Russians from photographs taken by their unmanned Luna III spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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High altitude view of lunar
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| Title |
High altitude view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
High altitude view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward across the crater Humboldt toward the Southern Sea. Humbolt, located at 80 degrees east longitude and 28 degrees south latitude, is the 225 kilometer crater at the top center margin of the picture. Note the high albado along cracks in the floor of the crater. Visible structures within the dark areas on the crater floor suggest the dark material is lava. Dark areas near the lower left corner of the picture are more deposits within the Southern Sea. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Oblique view of lunar surfac
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| Title |
Oblique view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking westward showing typical lunar farside terrain. The sharp crater near the center of the scene is near 117 degrees east longitude and 5 degrees south latitude, and it is 25 kilometers (15 statute miles) in diameter. That crater is on the rim of a large crater that occupies the lower right quarter of the photograph. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Oblique view of the lunar su
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| Title |
Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This oblique view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward toward Goclenius and other large craters near 45 degrees east longitude and 10 degrees south latitude in the Sea of Fertility. Goclenius, the crater in the foreground with a rille-broken flat floor, is about 70 kilometers (45 statue miles) in diamter. One rille, approxiamtely horizontal in this view, crosses both crater rims and the central peak. In the background, the two large craters with smooth floors are Colombo A (left) and Magelhaens. Magelhaens A, the crater with the irregular floor is about 35 kilometers (20 statute miles) in diameter. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Near vertical view of lunar
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| Title |
Near vertical view of lunar farside taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
Near vertical view of the lunar farside as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. This crater which is about 22 statute miles in diameter, is located at 167 degrees east longitude and 11 degrees south latitude. This crater is located on the eastern edge of a much larger unnamed crater which is about 90 statute miles in diameter. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Oblique view of the lunar su
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| Title |
Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This oblique view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward across the farside crater Tsiolkovsky which is centered near 129 degrees east longitude and 21 degrees south latitude. The flat floor of Tsiolkovsky is much darker than the surrounding lunar surface. It is darker than most of the mare material observed by the Apollo 8 crew. The dark material is about 125 kilometers (80 statute miles) across measured from the near-to far-side contsets in this view. The central peak, which stands as an "island" within the dark material, is about 40 kilometers (25 statute miles) long. High sun angle at the time of this photograph accentuates the contrast between light and dark material. The only boulders observed by the Apollo 8 crew had rolled from the light-colored peak onto the dark, smooth surface near the right hand end of the peak. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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View of Goclenius and other
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| Title |
View of Goclenius and other craters |
| Description |
This photograph was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft with long-focal length lens, looking south at the large crater Goclenius, which is in foreground. The three clustered craters are Magelhaens, Magelhaens A, and Colombo A. The crater at upper right is Gutenberg D. The crater Goclenius is located at 10 degrees south latitude, 45 degrees east longitude, and it is approximately 40 statue miles in diameter. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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View of lunar surface taken
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| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
View of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is located near 130 degrees east longitude and 70 degrees south latitude. The dark floored crater near the middle of the right side of the photograph is about 70 kilometers (45 statute miles) in diameter. Both features are beyond the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from earth, neither has a name. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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Oblique view of the lunar su
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| Title |
Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This oblique view of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking westward across the Sea of Fertility into the Sea of Tranquility shows the terrain the astronauts will see as they approach Apollo Landing Site East 2. The landing site is at the horizon about one-third of the distance from the left to the right photograph margin. The prominent crater in the highlands near the center of the picture is Secchi, about 25 kilometers (15 statute miles) in diameter. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-24 |
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