Apollo 17 View of Earth
This view of Earth was seen by the Apollo 17 crew on December 7, 1972, as they traveled toward the moon on their NASA lunar landing mission. The image shows Earth from the Mediterranean Sea at the top to the Antarctica south polar ice cap at the bottom. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Nearly the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the northeastern edge of Africa. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the northeast. The Apollo 17 crew consisted of astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander; Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot; and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot.
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