South America Gallery

Horns of Paine and Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, South

Horns of Paine and Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, South America

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Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles. From papers relating to the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982), collected by 24057159 WO2 David Langham, 81 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Date: circa 1982

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Rising Earth about five degrees above the lunar horizon

This December, 1968 NASA file image shows the rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The horizon, about 570 kilometers (250 statute miles) from the spacecraft, is near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from the Earth. On the earth, the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The south pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print. AFP PHOTO/NASA / AFP PHOTO / NASA / HO

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