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DescriptionAS16-M-3023.png	English: At the center are the craters Hertz and Moiseev. This photo is used in Figure 29-42 of the Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-315), which has the following caption: Full-disk view of the Moon obtained by the Apollo 16 mapping camera during the transearth coast. Mare Crisium is near the horizon to the upper left. Tsiolkovsky Crater is on the horizon at the bottom, and the new-found, three-ringed basin is in the middle of the lower part of the disk. The photo is also used in the frontispiece of the Report and it has this caption: The Moon, as photographed by the Apollo 16 astronauts on their way back to the Earth. The darker areas show: Mare Crisium, near the horizon at the upper left; Mare Marginis, right and below Mare Crisium; and Mare Smythii, below Mare Marginis. The far-side highlands are also visible.
Date	1972
Source	Apollo Browse Gallery, Apollo 16 Mapping Camera frame AS16-M-3023
Author	NASA

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Author	Dr. Mark Robinson, Arizona State University
PNG file comment	This is a virtual print of Apollo Photograph AS16-M-3023 generated by the School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University. Usage of this image is governed by the Acceptable Use Policy, which can be accessed at http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/ABOUT_SCANS/index.html
Copyright holder	Dr. Mark Robinson, Arizona State University
Date and time of digitizing	00:00, 24 July 2014

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