As the Apollo 16 crew began their flight to the Moon on April 16, 1972, they captured this view of North America from their spacecraft.
Beginning NASA's fifth lunar landing mission were astronauts John Young, commander; Ken Mattingly, command module pilot; and Charlie Duke, lunar module pilot.
Credit: NASA
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I find it almost unbelievable that the Sierra Nevada had that much snow left in the month of April
Everyone talks about the ‘Earthrise’ from Apollo 8, but this photo from Apollo 16 showing the entire North America is absurdly beautiful too. To see the place where you were born, your home, your whole continent floating in the void… what a feeling it must have been.
Every place I’ve ever been is in this photo