Richard Gordon Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka as seen from 460 nautical miles above the Earth's surface, Gemini 11, 14 September 1966 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA photo no S-66-54677], with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and Id number, and A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso (NASA/McDonnell Aircraft)Footnotes: This picture has been asked for almost as frequently as the full disk of the Earth. It was framed the way a painter would frame it. Les Gaver, former photography director, NASA Public Affairs The photographs I remember best from Gemini 11 were those we took during the high-altitude portion of the flight. We were in two revs going from a low point of about 160 nautical miles all the way up to 850 over Australia. In particular I remember the pictures of the Sinai Peninsula, eastern Africa, and that very famous photograph of the subcontinent of India in its entirety - Richard Gordon (Illustrated: Ron Schick, Julia van Haaftern, The View from Space, p. 80)McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was NASA's prime contractor for the Gemini spacecraft.

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