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A color photo taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts of Earth rising over the horizon of the Moon. There are subtle variations in the moons gray surface corresponding to craters and other features. The swirl of clouds is distinct on the rising Earth, along with blue oceans and tan and green land masses.

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A color photo taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts of Earth rising over the horizon of the Moon. There are subtle variations in the moons gray surface corresponding to craters and other features. The swirl of clouds is distinct on the rising Earth, along with blue oceans and tan and green land masses.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 21:40:36 UTC Robert McNees

The Apollo 8 astronauts performed lunar orbit insertion #OTD in 1968.
Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to orbit the moon, the first to see an earthrise, fifty three years ago today.
Anders spotted the Earth coming up over the Moon’s horizon:
"Oh my God, look at that picture over there! It's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!"
Image: NASA

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