a08_v_c_o_AKP (original MSFC photo, incorrectly numbered AS8-16-2589 & neg. no. 72568, AS8-16-2588 eq)
"Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is dark and cloudy, but the more northerly portions are clear, showing the prominent cape at Dakar and the Senegal River in Senegal; Cap Blanc; the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania; the wide expanse of desert in Algeria and Spanish Sahara; and at the far edge, the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Clouds cover the eastern coast of South America, southward from Surinam and Guyana to near the City of Salvador, Brazil. This view was taken after translunar insertion."
Both the photo identification number & caption of “Earth above Lunar Horizon” on the verso are wrong. I’d assume then so is the negative number. Photographer is annotated as “Cape”.
At, amongst others:
images.nasa.gov/details-as08-16-2588
Additionally, very very cool:
www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pics-of-eart...
Credit: The Planetary Society website
a08_v_c_o_AKP (original MSFC photo, incorrectly numbered AS8-16-2589 & neg. no. 72568, AS8-16-2588 eq)
"Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is dark and cloudy, but the more northerly portions are clear, showing the prominent cape at Dakar and the Senegal River in Senegal; Cap Blanc; the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania; the wide expanse of desert in Algeria and Spanish Sahara; and at the far edge, the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Clouds cover the eastern coast of South America, southward from Surinam and Guyana to near the City of Salvador, Brazil. This view was taken after translunar insertion."
Both the photo identification number & caption of “Earth above Lunar Horizon” on the verso are wrong. I’d assume then so is the negative number. Photographer is annotated as “Cape”.
At, amongst others:
images.nasa.gov/details-as08-16-2588
Additionally, very very cool:
www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pics-of-eart...
Credit: The Planetary Society website