NASA Photo ID: AS10-31-4650        File Name: 10075150.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 05/18/69
Title: Apollo 10 photograph of lunar nearside with crater Hyginus near Central Bay
Description:
This Apollo 10 oblique telephoto view of the lunar nearside is centered on 
the crater Hyginus located at 6.3 degrees east longitude and 7.8 degrees 
north latitude, near the northeast margin of Central Bay. The crater is
about  10 kilometers (6.5 statute miles) in diameter. From the crater the
prominent  Hyginus Rills extends east-southeast toward the camera and
northwest toward  the Sea of Vapors. The rille is about 3 kilometer (2
statute miles) wide and  more than 200 kilometers (130 statute miles) long.
The horizon is not visible  in this photograph, taken from the Command and
Service Modules. The sunrise  terminator is between the spacecraft and the
horizon. At the time this  picture was taken Apollo 10 was 325 kilometers
(200 statute miles) southeast  of Hyginus.            

Subject terms:
APOLLO 10                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
LUNAR LANDING SITES                     
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      

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