Title

Earth from Apollo 15, 26 July 1971. Creator: NASA.

Caption

Earth from Apollo 15, 26 July 1971. Planet Earth photographed by the Apollo 15 crew, from between 25,000 and 30,000 nautical miles away. The United States, Central America and part of Canada can be seen at the left, with South America at lower centre. Spain and the northwest part of Africa can be seen at right. Also visible is a large North Atlantic storm front moving over Greenland (upper centre).

Date

1971

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM19F02_148

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,9in x 14,1in / 5364 x 4238 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather storm cloud clouds country space planet science Earth solar system astronomy color location century sphere space exploration space travel seventies United States of America Colour 1970s Apollo 15 20th century America USA Apollo Mission photograph united states NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Heritage Space photograph