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"Earthrise" - captured on Dec. 24, 1968 by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders.

Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon and the first to witness the awe-inspiring sight.

50 years later, Anders observed - "We set out to explore the moon and instead discovered the Earth."

Wilderness photographer Galen Rowell called Earthrise "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken."

What are your thoughts?

https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-story-behind-apollo-8s-famous-earthrise-photo/

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"Earthrise" - a blue earth rising above the grey landscape of the moon - captured on Dec. 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, from the Apollo 8 spacecraft.