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Earthrise Revisited

You know the photo, but do you know the story behind it? A new video explains the circumstances that gave rise to the famous Apollo “Earthrise” photo while recreating the experience with modern data.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Earthrise Revisited.

NASA Apollo 8 photo by Bill Anders, data visualization courtesy Ernie Wright, NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published December 24, 2013
Data acquired December 24, 1968

Source:: Apollo

Collections:: Astronaut Photography; Earth from Afar