Apollo 6

Apollo 6 

 

Apollo 6 Imagery of West African "Under" World

 

The Crew of Apollo 6 took photographs of West Africa from Low Earth Orbit during their mission. 

 

One of the ancient lakes of Mauritania still peaks out of the sands of the Sahara.

 

Imagery taken during the Apollo 6 Mission. View is of Rosso, Dagana, Podor; Lake Rkiz, Trarza Scrub Hills (long, fixed sand dunes), Lake de Guier, meander patterns along the Senegal River in Mauritania and Senegal. Film type was SO-121 Ektachrome,High resolution Aerial 70mm color,76mm lens. Latitude was 16.45 N by 15.08 W. Altitude miles were 119. Cloud cover was 0%.