232 a
William Anders, Frank Borman, or James Lovell

The Earth seen from about 78,000 nautical miles out in space

Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968, 133:15:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak Paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS8-16-2626” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

232 b
William Anders, Frank Borman, or James Lovell

The Earth seen through the spacecraft’s window from about 60,000 nautical miles out in space

Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968, 137:15:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / North American Rockwell) [NASA AS8-16-2640]
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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232 a
The photograph was taken with the 80mm lens.

133:12:00 Public Affairs Officer (Mission Control): This is Apollo Control, Houston; at 133 hours, 12 minutes. At this point, Apollo 8 is traveling at a velocity of 6,914 feet per second [2,107 m/s], and our current altitude reading is 77,946 nautical miles [144,356 km]. We’ve just heard from Bill Anders for the first time in about 3 hours. Bill has been getting some rest and we anticipate at this time both Borman and Lovell are resting while Bill is on watch.

“When those views came back by television and in photographs, mankind could see for the first time that it existed on a very small, fragile, finite Earth.”
William Anders (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 95)

232 b
The photograph was taken with the 80mm lens.

“It (photography) brought home the real meaning of our space activity, a grasp of what we can accomplish, and a view of the Earth as it really is: a small planet in a common type of planetary system around a rather normal, nondescript star,” noted James Lovell (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 54).

137:32:00 Public Affairs Office (Mission Control): This is Apollo Control, Houston; at 137 hours, 32 minutes. We continue to have a minimum of conversation with the crew of Apollo 8. At this time, the spacecraft is traveling at a speed of 8,029 feet per second [2,447 m/s] and our altitude reading has just now dropped below 60,000 nautical miles [111,100 km], now reading 59,517 nautical miles [110,226 km].