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First colour photograph of the Earth seen as a planet in space taken on film from an altitude of 9,060 nautical miles by an automatic camera aboard the first Saturn V rocket and recovered on board the Command Module. The photograph, looking west, shows Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Antarctica, Apollo 4, 9 November 1967 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, [NASA photo no AS4-1-200], 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso (NASA/North American Rockwell) Footnote: The photographic mission of Apollo 4 was the acquisition and return of the highest altitude colour imagery ever made of the Earth. Until then the highest altitude colour photographs of the Earth had been recorded by the Gemini 11 crew using the rocket on their Agena target vehicle to raise their apogee to 741 nautical miles (1,373 km), the highest Earth orbit ever reached by a crewed spacecraft. The Saturn V rocket made two orbits of the Earth before the third stage booster fired to send the capsule out in a vast ellipse peaking at 9,767 nautical miles. Located in the capsule of the spacecraft, looking out of the window, was not an astronaut but an automatic 70mm Maurer 220 G camera which took this fantastic photograph of the Earth as it appeared in the window of the unmanned spacecraft in the form of a beautiful crescent, providing a new perspective on our planet. Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Sahara, looking northwest, as photographed from the unmanned Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) Earth-orbital space mission. This picture was taken when the Spacecraft 017 and the Saturn IVB stage were orbiting Earth at an altitude of 9,060 nautical miles' (original NASA caption for AS4-1-200). North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module. Condition Report: Some tape residue on verso, not affecting the front; very good Condition Report Disclaimer