Date: December 7, 1972

Exposure(s): Not Known

Film: 70mm

Equipement: hand-held Hasselblad

Guide Scope: n/a

Hardware & Software: n/a

Info: This is an Apollo 17 of the full Earth. This picture was taken on 7 December 1972, as the spacecraft traveled to the moon, the last of the Apollo missions. A remarkably cloud-free Africa is at upper left, stretching down to the center of the image. Saudi Arabia is visible at the top of the disk and Antarctica and the south pole are at the bottom. Asia is on the horizon is at upper right. The Earth is 12,740 km in diameter. (Apollo 17, AS17-148-22725)."

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