File:North America on April 16, 1972, cropped from AS16-118-18880.png

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A crop of the raw Apollo 16 Hasselblad image from film magazine 118/NN - Earth, Undocking, Moon. The photo, AS16-118-18880, was taken shortly after photo 118-18879, which was published as Figure 4-4 of the Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-315). The caption for 118-18879 states that the photograph was photograph was taken approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes after the TLI burn. This is a crop from the whole file which includes more black film and the punch outs on the edges of the film. This photo is categorized as AS16-118-18880.

For the two photos taken just before this one, see File:North America on April 16, 1972, cropped from AS16-118-18878.png and File:North America on April 16, 1972, cropped from AS16-118-18879.png.
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Source Derived from https://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/data_a70/AS16/raw/AS16-118-18880.tif available at tothemoon.ser.asu.edu; the image was cropped, histogram stretched, color temperature adjusted, shadow-highlights adjusted, and converted to .png with GIMP by the uploader
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Other versions For a lighter version of the whole photo at a lower resolution, see File:AS16-118-18880 (21709833861).jpg. For a lower resolution version which is darker than that, see File:AS16-118-18880 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - A good view of the Earth photographed about one hour after translunar injection of April 16, 1972 - DPLA - 525d746a010e57f22e4fead9d73bcd08.jpg.
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS16-118-18880.

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This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was created by the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, of the NASA Johnson Space Center. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (NASA media use guidelines or Conditions of Use of Astronaut Photographs). Photo source: AS16-118-18880.

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current19:11, 12 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 19:11, 12 July 202210,843 × 8,874 (552.34 MB)HuntsterReverted to version as of 21:31, 3 May 2022 (UTC); upload different compositions to a new filename.
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21:31, 3 May 2022Thumbnail for version as of 21:31, 3 May 202210,843 × 8,874 (552.34 MB)Epiphyllumloverc:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information | Description = A crop of the raw Apollo 16 Hasselblad image from film magazine 118/NN - Earth, Undocking, Moon. The photo, AS16-118-18880, was taken shortly after photo 118-18879, which was published as [https://books.google.com/books?id=yI41Km4_CDUC&pg=SA4-PA3 Figure 4-4 of the ''Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report''] (NASA SP-315). The caption for 118-18879 states that the photograph was photograp...
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