Lunar Orbiter I
The First Image of the Earth from the Moon, 23 August, 1966
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LUNAR ORBITER I
The First Image of the Earth from the Moon. 23 August, 1966
Panoramic silver gelatin contact print of Lunar Orbiter images I-102H1-2, 8 1/16 x 20 in., label printed at right corner on verso reading "2B 16364-1."
THE FIRST IMAGE OF THE EARTH FROM THE MOON, 23 AUGUST 1966
Perhaps the most famous of the Lunar Orbiter images, this photo, taken by Lunar Orbiter I after responding to commands sent to it from Earth from a quarter million miles away, was taken from a vantage point of 730 miles above the far side of the Moon, on August 23, 1966.