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Alfred Worden, James Irwin or David Scott Diptych: the receding Moon after transearth injection; UV photograph of the increasing crescent Earth during the homeward journey 26 July - 7 August 1971 Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, each 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), BLACK NUMBERED NASA AS15-94-12858 and NASA AS15-99-13482 in top margin (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center) Footnotes: Two very rare photographs from magazines 94/S and 99/N. Soon after transearth injection, the crew captured a beautiful partial view of the Moon, never seen before the space age, notably showing the Sea of Serenity and Smith's Sea as well as part of the Moon's hidden face (first photograph). On the way home, Command Module pilot Alfred Worden picked up a Hasselblad camera on board (fitted with UV film and a special 105mm UV-transmitting lens) and captured an amazing crescent Earth increasing in size, illuminated by sunlight from the side and basked in the beam of a lens flare.