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View of Earth photographed by Apollo 15

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-glb09-15001

Date

2006-09-26

This view of Earth was photographed by the Apollo 15 crewmen as they sped  toward the fourth lunar landing. The spacecraft was between 25,000 and 30,000  nautical miles from Earth when this photo was made. The United States (note  Florida), Central America and part of Canada can be seen at the left side of  the picture, with South America at lower center. Spain and the northwest part  of Africa can be seen at right. The Bahama Banks,  unique geological feature,  can be seen (different shade of blue) east of Florida. Also note large North Atlantic storm front moving over Greenland  in upper center.