File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Earthrise
Sign in to saveAlso known as AS8-14-2383HR, AS8-14-2383, Earth rising
thumb|300px|Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut [[William Anders]] Earthrise is a photograph of Earth that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".
Wikidata facts
- Depicts
- Moon
- Creator
- Bill Anders
- Collection
- NASA
- Image
- NASA Earthrise AS08-14-2383 Apollo 8 1968-12-24.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- location of the point of view
- lunar orbit
- Commons category
- Earthrise
- inception
- 1968-12-24
- native label
- Earthrise
- copyright status
- public domain
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Details
- Geometry
- Legacy
- Stamp
- 2013 simulation
- Potential earthrises as seen from the Moon's surface
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|300px|Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut [[William Anders]] Earthrise is a photograph of Earth that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".
== Details == thumb|Color-calibrated version thumb|The first photograph of Earth from the Moon by a person, taken shortly before Earthrise (for a colorized version see commons:File:Earthrise - Apollo 8 (27516429729).png|this image) thumb|The conversation between Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders, during the taking of the Earthrise photograph
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Earthrise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.