55 Years Ago Today

     On August 23, 1966, a lunar orbiter snapped this image of Earth from the Moon. The incredible image was captured during the orbiter’s 16th lap around the Moon. It was the first photo of earth from space with the moon in the foreground.

 "The images transmitted from Lunar Orbiter were received on Earth as a series of 35mm strips of film. This photo was made from 60 separate strips of 35mm film." (Source: Boeing)

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