William anders earthrise photo from moon
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Earthrise
This article is about the photograph of Earth. For other uses, see Earthrise (disambiguation).
Photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit
Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and part of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.[1][2][3] Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".[4]
Anders' color image had been preceded by a crude black-and-white 1966 raster image taken by the Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic probe, the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
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[edit]Earthrise was taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed voyage to orbit the Moon.[4][5] One account suggests that before Anders found a suitable 70 mm color film, mission commander Frank Borman took a black-and-white photograph of th
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The Apollo moon program resulted in a legacy of thousands of images - all of them of immense value as both scientific and documentary records.
Yet 30 years after the event most of them speak only as images from history.
However one particular Apollo photograph transcends all others, an image so powerful and eloquent that even today it ranks as one of the most important photographs taken by anyone ever.
| The colour photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 astronaut, William A. Anders, månad 24, 1968. Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth, this is how Anders saw it. |
This photograph was taken during the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968, seven months before the first lunar landing.
Apollo 8 was the uppdrag which put humans into lunar orbit for the very first time. Until then, no human eyes had seen the far side of the Moon - (all previous images of the far side of the moon had komma from robot spa
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William Anders: The astronaut who captured the famous 'Earthrise' photo
Apollo 8 Lunar Module Pilot William Anders is helped from the bobbing Apollo 8 spacecraft during the early morning hours 27 månad 1968. The Apollo 8 crew waited for more than an hour after landing about 1000 miles South Southwest of Hawai until th(Photo by -/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES - Retired astronaut William Anders, who tragically passed away in a plane crash on Friday afternoon, captured one of the most famous images ever recorded in space: the iconic "Earthrise" photo during the Apollo 8 mission.
This image, which shows Earth rising above the lunar horizon, has become one of the most famous photographs in history and a symbol of the environmental movement.
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On December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 uppdrag, Anders and his fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jame