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.

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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

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Photograph

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Earth from Afar