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Breathtaking Photos of the Moon

See the moon as astronauts and photographers have seen it
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By SKYE Editors Oct 09, 2012

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    This image from the International Space Station shows the moon hovering above the Earth.

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    The moon and Earth's atmosphere as seen from the International Space Station.

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    The moon is framed by the Space Shuttle Orbiter and the Atlantic Ocean in 1998.

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    Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan of the 1972 Apollo 17 mission takes the lunar roving vehicle for a spin.

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    Hurricane Emily swirls below the moon in this July 2005 image taken from the International Space Station.

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    The surface of the moon -- Rima Ariadaeus, to be exact -- as photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May 1969.

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    The moon sets over the Earth, as seen from the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1995.

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    A color mosaic of the moon created with 18 images captured by the Galileo spacecraft in 1992.

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    Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the 1972 Apollo 16 lunar landing, jumps and salutes the U.S. flag.

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    This graphic shows the approximate locations of the Apollo moon landing sites.

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Picture Courtesy of Felix Baumgartner's Cell Phone

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Hallo ppl hope u liveee

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Striking!

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