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Earthrise 1966

Long before man journeyed to the moon and looked back at the tiny, fragile planet that houses humanity, lunar orbiters were sending back pictures of home.


NASA image courtesy the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project at NASA Ames Research Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published November 15, 2008
Data acquired 1966

Source:
Photograph
Collection:
Earth from Afar