Eclipse – Apollo 12

crescent earth and lens flare from bright point of sun peeking over the horizon
April 19, 2019
CreditNASA
Historical DateNovember 23, 1969
Language
  • english

This photograph of an eclipse of the Sun was taken with a 16mm motion picture camera from the Apollo 12 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home from the Moon in November 1969. The fascinating view was created when the Earth moved directly between the Sun and the Apollo 12 spacecraft.