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File:As08-16-2593.jpg

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English: The first image taken by humans of the whole Earth. Photographed by the crew of Apollo 8 (probably by Bill Anders) the photo shows the Earth at a distance of about 30,000 km. South is at the top, with South America visible at the covering the top half centre, with Africa entering into shadow. North America is in the bottom right.
Date 1968
Source http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/a/as08-16-2593.jpg
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Author U.S. govt.
Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 19:18, 18 April 2012
Colour space Uncalibrated
Image height 2,015 px
Image width 1,781 px
Date and time of digitizing 21:17, 18 April 2012
Date metadata was last modified 21:18, 18 April 2012

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