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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Earthrise
Take a moment to appreciate the smallness and fragility of the Earth and the entire human race with this extremely famous and historically significant photograph:
"Taken by Apollo 8 crewmember Bill Anders on December 24, 1968, showing the Earth seemingly rising above the lunar surface. Note that this phenomenon is only visible from someone in orbit around the Moon. Because of the Moon's synchronous rotation about the Earth (i.e., the same side of the Moon is always facing the Earth), no Earthrise can be visible from the surface of the Moon." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg
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Take a moment to appreciate the smallness and fragility of the Earth and the entire human race with this extremely famous and historically significant photograph:
"Taken by Apollo 8 crewmember Bill Anders on December 24, 1968, showing the Earth seemingly rising above the lunar surface. Note that this phenomenon is only visible from someone in orbit around the Moon. Because of the Moon's synchronous rotation about the Earth (i.e., the same side of the Moon is always facing the Earth), no Earthrise can be visible from the surface of the Moon." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg
(Higher resolution version available)
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