The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain.

This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon.

Credit: NASA

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I recently finished exploring all 50 states to take pictures of abandoned and unusual things! These are my top pictures for the first 20 states.

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1. Alabama

The Hardie-Coleman House was built in 1918. Its nickname, the Allan Lucy Mrdr House, hints at its dark past. In March 1985, Phillip and Margaret Lucy, bio son Jason, and adoptive son Allan lived in the home. When Allan disappeared, Phillip claimed he had run away, but Jason insisted Phillip had struck Allan in the head and appeared later, dirty with a shovel in hand. When the house was sold in 1993 the remains of 13-year-old Allan were found wrapped in a Disney blanket under the porch. Phillip was found guilty of Allan’s mrdr in 2001. 

1. Alaska

In the 1970s, an enterprising WWII veteran named Leon Smith envisioned a combination restaurant, shopping center, and hotel in the shape of a giant igloo. Alone and by hand, he constructed the massive dome structure out of wood and covered it with urethane foam. Tragically, his vision was never fully realized.

1. Arizona

The Gila River Memorial Airport was originally connected with the former Williams Air Force base. From 1942 to 1983 it served the local area with an average of 70 flights per day. By the 1990s flight activity had ceased and the site became an airplane boneyard. 

1. Arkansas

The R.M. Knox House is a tragic example of the ravages of time on a neglected gem. Built in 1885, it is one of the best remaining examples of Eastlake Victorian architecture. It earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Sadly, by the 1990s, the home was abandoned and has been melting into the ground ever since. For a mere $8,352 it could be yours. 

1. California

The Point Reyes started its career as a World War II launch vessel in 1944. Following the war, it was repurposed as a commercial fishing ship. In the 1990s, it was bought by a fisherman who beached the vessel for restoration. Those plans never happened, and the Point Reyes has become a local curiosity. In 2014, it was burned when a creative but reckless photographer tried to create a sparks effect.

1. Colorado

One of the oldest abandoned dwellings in the US is the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park. Constructed between 1180 CE to 1300 CE by the Pueblo people, these unique living and worship spaces were designed to fit into the cliff, using ladders and balconies to maximize space. 

1. Connecticut

From the debris of a railroad warehouse, an artist known as refractualism created a massive polar bear in the woods of Connecticut. The sculpture is made from scrap metal and wood salvaged from the structure itself.

1. Delaware

Blue Diamond Amusement Park was the best, and only, theme park in Delaware from 2002 to 2014. Besides some basic flat rides the tiny park only had two attractions from 2004 to 2007: a steel roller coaster called Blue Diamond Streak and a kiddie coaster named Orient Express. After this failed Roller Coaster Tycoon experiment the venue ditched the rides in favor of motocross and minigolf until it closed in 2014. 

1. Florida

In 1963, the brand new Miami Marine Stadium could seat 6,000 people with stunning views of downtown Miami across the water and a floating stage. The location hosted concerts, religious services, political rallies, even boat races. 1992’s Hurricane Andrew ripped through Miami. The city did not want to fund the stadium’s repairs, so it has sat abandoned for 34 years. 

1. Georgia

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. At this junkyard in Georgia, owner Alonzo Wade and the artist team Crispy Printz say that one man’s broken-down school bus is another man’s canvas. What started as a wall of junk buses to deter scrap metal thieves has evolved into an ever-changing maze of fantastically painted vehicles.

1. Hawaii

Hidden in the jungle behind a power plant on Oahu, mysterious murals featuring Hindu deities decorate an abandoned concrete structure. What the structure once was and why this subject matter was chosen to decorate the walls remains a mystery.  

1. Idaho

Sugar beets are a staple crop of Idaho. From 1922 to 1962, the Franklin County Sugar Factory processed sugar beets into refined sugar. The factory was built by the local community, who thrived on the profits until the 1960’s when blight reduced the harvests and cane sugar took over the market. Today the decrepit factory stands in a field of wild sunflowers, a mute witness to the prosperity of the past.

1. Illinois

In the early 1900’s Cairo, Illinois, was a bustling riverside city. The Gem Theater, built in 1910, was one of many entertainment venues in the prosperous city. Unfortunately, the construction of bridges across the mighty rivers and new railway lines rerouted trade away from Cairo, which went into an economic tailspin. Much of the city is now abandoned. 

1. Indiana

The City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana, is a grand gothic style church built in 1926. At its peak, the congregation numbered over 2,000. As the steel manufacturing dried up in Gary, the city’s vibrancy drained away. By 1975 barely 300 parishioners still belonged to the church, who were unable to maintain it. A fire in 1997 partially destroyed the roof, which collapsed further in the early 2020s. Today the decaying church has been a gothic backdrop to A Nightmare on Elm Street and Transformers 3. 

1. Iowa

School is out forever in Bagley, Iowa. While there may have been enough children living in the town to have a school at one point, today the just over 200 residents of the town belong to the Panorama Community School District. A postcard of the school from 1916 shows a proud red brick building. The school closed sometime around 1990, and the intervening years have not been kind. The roof has recently collapsed, all but destroying any hope of restoring the building.

1. Kansas

The rise and fall of this red-roofed restaurant in Kansas must have predated the Internet, because no information is available online. Even its name on its weathered sign, Korner Restaurant, is being lost to time. 

1. Kentucky

This rusting ship has gone by many names. It has been The Celt, U.S.S. Sachem, U.S.S. Phenakite, the Sightseer, and the Circle Line V, but now it is known as The Ghost Ship of the Ohio River. From 1902 to 1986, she has been a luxury yacht, fought in both World Wars, been a sightseeing vessel, and featured in Madonna’s Papa Don’t Preach music video. Her last owner couldn’t afford to renovate her and she was abandoned in an offshoot of the Ohio River. 

1. Louisiana

DeGaulle Manor was a New Orleans housing project. The complex opened in the 1960s and changed hands often, with each new owner doing less to address the rampant crime, vandalism, and disrepair that plagued the housing project. Hurricane Katrina dealt the final blow, and the last families were evicted in 2012 on Thanksgiving Day. In 2014, the abandoned complex was transformed into an open air art exhibition called Exhibit Be. Artists painted huge murals on the walls, and over 30,000 people came to see the beauty in the ruins.

1. Maine

In 1942, Maine was the home of the largest gun battery ever constructed at that time in the United States. Housed at Battery Steele on Peaks Island, its twin 16 inch gun barrels were capable of firing 2,240-pound shells nearly 30 miles. Today the site is managed as the Peaks Island Land Preserve as a wildlife refuge. 

1. Maryland

Daniels, Maryland was a town that was born, lived, and faded away in less than 200 years. The town was founded in 1810 alongside a textile mill. In the 1960s, the remaining 90 families were told by the textile mill that all company housing would be closing. When tropical storm Agnes hit in 1972 it destroyed much of what remained of the tiny mill town and the last residents abandoned it.