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Space & Planetary Science

Watching The Beatles As They Did Their Sound Check – From The Moon

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
August 23, 2011
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Nimbus II and Lunar Orbiter 1 Imagery: A New Look at Earth in 1966
“To date some of the images taken by Nimbus II have been enhanced and mapped into Google Earth. One date in particular was of interest to the LOIRP – 23 August 1966. As the images were enhanced and dropped into Google Earth it became clear that we have imagery that overlapped in time to show the weather on that late August day as evening crept up on Africa and Europe.
In New York City, just at the Earth’s limb as seen from lunar orbit, the Beatles were preparing to play at Shea Stadium …”

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.