Have you ever wondered what it's like to take a picture in space? I have! There is a very famous photo of the earth called "Eearthrise". It was taken by astronaut William Anders, crewmember of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon. Nothing too special...except that its a picture of the earth rising above the horizon of the moon!. That's pre neat if you ask me. Well anyway I just thought I would share it with you.

 

photo taken by William Anderson 

According to lomography.com this is the camera equipment brought on to the Apollo 8 :

“A large quantity of film of various types has been loaded aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft for lunar surface photography and for items of interest that crop up in the course of the mission.

“Camera equipment carried on Apollo 8 consists of two 70mm Hasselblad still cameras with two 80mm focal length lenses, a 250mm telephoto lens, and associated equipment such as filters, ringsight, spotmeter, and intervalometer for stereo strip photography. For motion pictures, a 16mm Maurer camera with variable frame rates will be used.

“Apollo 8 film stowage is as follows: 3 magazines of Panatomic-X intermediate speed black and white for total 600 frames; 2 magazines SO-368 (ASA 64) Ektachrome color reversal for total 352 frames; 1 magazine SO-121 Ektachrome special daylight color reversal for total 160 frames; and 1 magazine 2485 high-speed black and white (ASA 6,000, push to 16,000) for dim-light photography, total 120 frames. Motion picture film: 9 130-foot magazines SO-368 for total 1170 feet, and 2 magazines SO-168 high speed interior color for total 260 feet.”

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