Re: [amsat-bb] Apollo 8 (was: Re: New pictures from SCOPE on AO-40)

[Cliff Buttschardt <cbuttsch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In addition to the site mentioned by Jim and Laura, check out
this NASA site called ASTRO PICTURE OF THE DAY:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
After the introduction page, which is well worth pausing to
appreciate (700K), click on ARCHIVES.  Then scroll down to
Dec 25 1995 titled "earthrise"  It is a copy of the very view
of Dec 29 1968.  There is a full text explanation of the
circumstances under which the picture was taken..  Cliff K7RR


laura halliday wrote:
> 
> Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@pacbell.net>
> 
>  wrote:
> 
> >Thanks for all the good work guys! Kinda reminds of the "Earthrise"
> >photo taken from Apollo 11. Absolutely amazing that a bunch of
> >"Amateurs" can do this kind of stuff.
> 
> The image you're thinking of is NASA image number
> 68-HC-870, taken on 29 December 1968.
>  As the date
> suggests, it's an Apollo 8 image.
> 
> By July 1969 such views were almost commonplace, but
> in December 1968 such an image was unprecedented. I was
> just a kid at the time, but I still remember what a
> splash it made.
> 
> Have a look at <http://grin.hq.nasa.gov> and search
> for "earthrise".
> 
> Laura Halliday VE7LDH     "Que les nuages soient notre
> Grid: CN89lg                    pied a terre..."
> ICBM: 49 16.57 N 123 0.24 W        - Hospital/Shafte
> 
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