File:Apollo 16 UV photo of Earth rotated.jpg
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English: UV photo of Earth taken by Apollo 16 with the Far UV Camera/Spectrograph. AS16-123-19657. A version of this photo was used in Figure 13-7 of the Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-315), which has the following caption: Frame 45, the Earth, target 2M, 10-min ICa exposure, showing the overexposed polar aurora and two equatorial airglow belts. "ICa" means imagery through a CaF2 filter-corrector with a passband of 123 to 160 nm. |
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| Source | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16717066 |
| Author | Apollo 16 astronauts |
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Image rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The original can be viewed here: Far-ultraviolet photo of Earth by Apollo 16 (AS16-123-19657).jpg: .jpg){kind=small} .
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