AS09-20-3137 - Apollo 9 - Apollo 9 Mission image - Arizona

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Description: The Grand Canyon is sharply etched on the snow-covered Colorado Plateau in Arizona as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its earth-orbital mission. Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam is in the upper right corner. Humphreys Peak and the many volcanic craters around the San Francisco Mountains near Flagstaff are right of center. Prescott is under clouds at lower center. Film magazine was E,film type was SO-368 Ektachrome with 0.460 - 0.710 micrometers film / filter transmittance response and haze filter,80mm lens. Latitude was 35.30 N by Longitude 113.00 W, Overlap was 60%, Altitude miles were 126 and cloud cover was 0%.

Subject Terms: Apollo 9 Flight, Earth Observations (From Space)

Categories: Earth Observations

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Apollo 9 - AS09-26D-3854D through AS09-19-2909

apollo nasa apollo 9 view of earth from space san francisco arizona from orbit colorado from orbit high resolution ultra high resolution earth observations on orbit apollo center clouds film magazine micrometers film glen canyon dam filter transmittance response mission image grand canyon right corner san francisco mountains haze filter mission colorado plateau lake powell humphreys peak so 368 ektachrome altitude miles apollo program space program 1960 s arizona us national archives grand canyon national park old magazines archive

06/03/1969

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