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Originally Posted by mr. show
Are there any pictures in existence that show the astronauts on the moon with the earth in the background?
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Here's a couple from Apollo 17:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/as17-134-20384.jpg
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/20117338.jpg
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/20117422.jpg
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/20117424.jpg
Apollo 17 landed farthest from the lunar meridian at the edge of Mare Serenitatis in the northwest (as viewed from Earth) corner of the moon so that the Earth was relatively low in the lunar sky and easier to get into pictures.
Jim.