Richard Gordon Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka as seen from 460 nautical miles above the Earth's surface Gemini 11, 14 September 1966 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA photo no S-66-54677], with A KODAK PAPER watermarks and NASA Manned Spacecraft Center caption on verso Footnotes: 'This picture has been asked for almost as frequently as the full disk of the Earth. It was framed the way a painter would frame it' - Les Gaver 'The photographs I remember best from Gemini 11 were those we took during the high-altitude portion of the flight. We were in two revs going from a low point of about 160 nautical miles all the way up to 850 over Australia. In particular I remember the pictures of the Sinai Peninsula, eastern Africa, and that very famous photograph of the subcontinent of India in its entirety' - Richard Gordon (Illustrated: Ron Schick, Julia van Haaftern, The View from Space, p. 80) Condition Report: Slight age toning and three very small chips to left margin Condition Report Disclaimer
Richard Gordon Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka as seen from 460 nautical miles above the Earth's surface Gemini 11, 14 September 1966 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA photo no S-66-54677], with A KODAK PAPER watermarks and NASA Manned Spacecraft Center caption on verso Footnotes: 'This picture has been asked for almost as frequently as the full disk of the Earth. It was framed the way a painter would frame it' - Les Gaver 'The photographs I remember best from Gemini 11 were those we took during the high-altitude portion of the flight. We were in two revs going from a low point of about 160 nautical miles all the way up to 850 over Australia. In particular I remember the pictures of the Sinai Peninsula, eastern Africa, and that very famous photograph of the subcontinent of India in its entirety' - Richard Gordon (Illustrated: Ron Schick, Julia van Haaftern, The View from Space, p. 80) Condition Report: Slight age toning and three very small chips to left margin Condition Report Disclaimer
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