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English: Apollo 17 Saturn V rocket on Pad 39-A at dusk. This was the last human flight to the moon.
Español: Apollo 17 cohete Saturno V, el último vuelo a la luna.
Date 21 November 1972
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  • Direct link: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/ap17-KSC-72PC-589.jpg
Author Unknown NASA employee, scanned by Kipp Teague
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Applications-graphics.svg This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Ran through neatimage twice to remove artifacts then manually edited jpeg artifacts along edges and touched up dust and scratches. Tried to improve sky texture but I think I've left some posterization in the sky. Strange, because in photoshop, my copy doesn't have any posterization but even saving JPEG at highest possible quality creates posterization in the sky. If anyone can remove it, would be appreciated.. The original can be viewed here: Apollo 17 The Last Moon Shot.jpg. Modifications made by Diliff.
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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 11:45, 8 December 2005
Colour space sRGB

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