Thursday 30 October 2014

Earth in Ultraviolet from Apollo 16 in 1972

Earth photographed by UV camera    21. April 1972    NASA  commons on flikr

Description: A color enhancement of an ultraviolet photograph of the geocorona, a halo of low density hydrogen around the Earth. Sunlight is shining from the left, and the geocorona is brighter on that side. The UV camera was operated by Astronaut John W. Young on the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission.

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