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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  Original caption: The first unmanned Mercury Spacecraft to orbit the earth photographs  the West African Coast. From the Strait of Gibraltar to Cabo Yubi, Morocco. Cloud cover hangs close to the coastal area and the Atlantic Ocean appear in the top left of the picture. This is one of 360 color 70mm pictures taken during spacecrafts earth orbit at 17,519 miles per hour at maximum altitude of 158.6 miles.</li></ul></div>
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Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span> or not provided</div>
13 September 1961<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1961-09-13T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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