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Earthrise

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A simulation of what the Apollo 8 crew saw as the Earth rose above the lunar horizon moreduring their fourth orbit around the Moon. Pauses to overlay two photos taken by the crew. Includes a clock overlay. Duration: 1.2 minutes The famous color photograph known as Earthrise, as well as a black-and-white image taken a minute earlier, document the moment when Earth was seen for the first time by human eyes from behind the Moon. They were taken on December 24, 1968 by the crew of Apollo 8, the first humans to leave low Earth orbit.The sight of a small, intensely blue Earth rising above the barren, gray horizon of the Moon was one of the few things that NASA and the crew of Apollo 8 had not thoroughly planned and rehearsed beforehand. As historian Robert Poole noted, this lack of preparation meant that the sight of Earth came with the force of a revelation, not just for the astronauts but fo...for more info--http://www.youtube.com/watchv0N8yvxCsrBk

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