Restored, First Image of Earth from Lunar Orbit.

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<p><strong><font size="2">This is just absolutely incredible.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">Many lunar images from the Pre Apollo 5 unmanned Lunar Orbiters are being restored.&nbsp;</font></strong></p><p><font size="3">APOD, Lunar Orbiter 1 of Crescent Earth above the Lunar horizon Lunar Orbiter 1.</font></p><p><font size="3">NASA Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project.</font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Andrew Brown.<br /></strong></font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

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Amazing that the original signal had so much resolution and has only now been properly retrieved with modern technology in tandem with those antique tape machines ... stored in a garage for years ! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I am your God. I am all knowing." Baal, Stargate SG-1 </div>