NASA has just released over 8,400 amazing, high-resolution images to Flicker as part of their Project Apollo Archive. The collection includes photographs from NASA’s moon missions as well as astronaut training sessions back on Earth.
The photos from space and the surface of the moon were captured by Hasselbad cameras. But the actual cameras used to take the photos didn’t come back from the Apollo missions. Due to their weight, they were left on the lunar surface so the astronauts could bring home rock samples instead. Currently, there are 12 Hasselbad cameras waiting patiently on the lunar surface for someone to take them back home. Luckily, the film rolls made it back safely and, as you can see, the shots are literally out of this world.
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Image artifacts (diffraction spikes and vertical streaks) appearing in a CCD image of a major solar flare due to the excess incident radiation

Ladder leads out of darkness.Photo credit
Woman's reflection in shadow.Photo credit
Young woman frazzled.Photo credit 
A woman looks out on the waterCanva
A couple sits in uncomfortable silenceCanva
Gif of woman saying "I won't be bound to any man." via
Woman working late at nightCanva
Gif of woman saying "Happy. Independent. Feminine." via 
Yonaguni Monument, as seen from the south of the formation. 
