IMAGE 700_799\743.Lbm,Earth, atmosphere, Moon and space. The atmosphere is blue because of the way the air particles scatter sunlight.
IMAGE 100_199\189.Lbm,The Apollo astronauts snapped this picture of a full Moon as they set course for Earth in December 1972. It is not the view we see from Earth. About two-thirds shows the far side we can't see from Earth.
IMAGE 200_299\204.Lbm,A picture of the full Moon, as we see it from Earth, covered by extensive maria (seas). The Apollo astronauts saw and photographed quite different-looking full Moons, which showed much of the far side we can't see from Earth.
IMAGE 600_699\605.Lbm,The Full Moon, as we view it from Earth. The dark regions are flat maria (seas), while the brighter areas are rugged highlands.
IMAGE 200_299\217.Lbm,Despite their hazardous predicament, the Apollo 13 astronauts found time to photograph the lunar surface. The picture shows one of the few seas on the far side of the Moon, Mare Moscoviense, the Sea of Moscow.
IMAGE 300_399\325.Lbm,The Apollo 8 crew were the first human beings to see the Earth hanging in the lunar sky.
IMAGE 300_399\326.Lbm,Earth rise on the Moon, witnessed by the Apollo 11 astronauts.
IMAGE 100_199\163.Lbm,A mosaic picture of the lunar surface made up from Lunar Orbiter photographs. The large crater is some 90 km across.
IMAGE 300_399\329.Lbm,An Apollo CSM photo of craters on the far side of the Moon, hidden from the Earth.
IMAGE 900_999\962.Lbm,Lunar Orbiter 4 images are combined in this picture, which shows the spectacular Orientale Basin, only a little of which is normally visible on the western limb in photographs from Earth.
IMAGE 900_999\964.Lbm,Close-up of the lunar surface, showing the prominent craters Copernicus (right) and Eratosthenes.
IMAGE 200_299\206.Lbm,A typical volcanic Moon rock brought back by the Apollo 15 astronauts in 1971. It was nicknamed "Vuggy".
IMAGE 700_799\726.Lbm,A typical Moon rock known as breccia, made up of cemented rock fragments.
IMAGE 300_399\332.Lbm,A technician at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, taking readings radioed back from the seismometers left behind on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts. They formed part of the ALSEP scientific stations.
IMAGE 500_599\512.Lbm,Early next century a permanent Moon base will be established. Here a lunar ferry from Earth has just arrived at the landing facility.
IMAGE 900_999\939.Lbm,A scene on the Moon next century, when a permanent base has been established there. It shows a facility for producing liquid oxygen by processing lunar rocks.
