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Apollo

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Apollo 9 scene of desert terrain in central Algeria in 1969.
NASA Photograph.

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Remote region of Mauritania as viewed by Apollo 9. The circular feature is the Richat structure. The eroded dome structure is 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) wide.
NASA Photograph.

Skylab

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Scene of Pyramid Lake in Western Nevada taken with the Skylab Earth Terrain camera.
NASA Photograph

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Lake Sakakawea cuts across the terrain of North Dakota in this photograph from the Skylab 3 mission in 1973.
NASA Photograph.

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

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In 1975, American astronauts on the joint U.S./U.S.S.R. Apollo-Soyuz Test Project photographed this view of sand dunes in Argentina.
NASA Photograph.

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Apollo-Soyuz scene looking south over the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea.
NASA Photograph.



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