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Color infrared photograph of the Atlantic coast of Georgia, Brunswick area, taken on March 12, 1969, by one of the four synchronized cameras of the Apollo 9 Earth Resources Survey SO65 Experiment. At 11:35 a.m. (EST) when this picture was made the Apollo 9 spacecraft was at an altitude of 102 nautical miles, and the sun elevation was 51 degrees above the horizon. The location of the point on Earth's surface at which the four-camera combination was aimed 31 degrees 16 minutes north latitude, and 81 degrees 17 minutes west longitude. The other three cameras used: (B) black and white film with a red filter; (C) black and white infrared film; and (D) black and white film with a green filter.