AS16-118-18879 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - This spectacular view of North America was photographed approximately 1 hr 50 min after the TLI (Translunar Injection) burn.
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Description: This spectacular view of North America was photographed approximately 1 hr 50 min after the TLI (Translunar Injection) burn. The solid white area at the upper left is the north polar icecap and snow-covered terrain in Canada. A pronounced spiral cloud pattern covers the upper Ohio Valley, the eastern Great Lakes, and New England. The western Great Lakes are free of clouds, but western Lake Superior, northern Lake Michigan, and western Lake Huron are ice covered. Snow in the Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, the Rocky Mountains, and other mountain ranges combines with some clouds to conceal terrain at places in western Canada and in the northwestern United States. The Yucatan Peninsula and many of the Islands bordering the Caribbean Sea are clearly visible, but most of Central and South America is obscured by clouds. Original film magazine was labeled NN,filmtype was SO-368 (Color Exterior),80mm lens.
Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet)
Categories: Earth Observations
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Apollo 16 - AS16-104-17001 through AS16-M-3023
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