As the Islands saw return from the moon

The wonders of the space age were witnessed in the Eastern Pacific in late May when the Apollo 10 astronauts splashed down into the ocean off American Samoa. Minutes before, people in Fiji, Tonga and the Samoas saw the service module and the spacecraft speeding towards earth. In Fiji, G. Shearer had his camera ready and caught the spectacular scene. Top picture shows the fiery md of the service module which burnt up and apparently exploded shortly before the spacecraft splashed down. Bottom picture shows an earlier scene as the service module and the spacecraft ;treak through the atmosphere on a parallel course. The service module is at the top.