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The lunar near side as seen by Apollo 8 on December 24, 1968. The large impact crater in the bottom half of the photo is Goclenius and its rille system suggests that it is older than the area around it. To the top left is the crater Colombo named after Christopher Columbus. Below that is Magelhaens Crater, and finally on the far right is Gutenberg crater.

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This oblique photograph looks generally northwest from the Apollo 8 spacecraft into the Sea of Tranquility. The three prominent craters are Taruntis F in the lower right corner; Taruntis E in the center; and Cauchy between the two linear features. The Cauchy scarp, this side of the Cauchy crater, is formed by one to three faults stepped down toward the spacecraft.

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View of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is located near 130 degrees east longitude and 70 degrees south latitude. The dark floored crater near the middle of the right side of the photograph is about 70 kilometers (45 statute miles) in diameter. Both features are beyond the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from earth; neither has a name.