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a11_r_c_o_KPP (AS11-36-5299)

"This view of Earth showing clouds over water was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft following Translunar Injection (TLI). While astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit."

 

spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo11/html/...

 

I'm pretty sure this photo was actually taken before both TLI and Transposition and Docking. Check out the cool layered/multi-leveled/flat-topped cirro(?)-something clouds.

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Uploaded on December 13, 2018