Stunning crescent Earth from deep space, 26 July- 7 August 1971

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1971, numbered "NASA AS15-96-13131" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm

An unbelievable view of our Home Planet from about 100,000 km away seen in a slender crescent illuminated by sunlight from the side and basked in the beam of a lens flare.
With the Earth presenting such a thin crescent, the Sun is very near the camera’s field of view. At the same moment the astronauts could see a full Moon receding behind them.
The photograph was taken with the Hasselblad mounted with a 105mm lens and magazine 96/Q probably just after the last sleep period of the crew before coming back to Earth.

From the mission transcript as the crew woke up for their final day before landing and got their first view of Earth from the returning spacecraft:
286:51:46 Scott: Houston, Endeavour.
286:51:52 Allen: Go ahead.
286:51:57 Scott: Well, we just got our first view of the Earth this morning, and, can you believe it's getting larger and it's getting smaller? We see just a very, very thin sliver of a very large round ball.
286:52:20 Allen: Roger, Dave. I believe that.