A Stunning Shot Of Our Pale Blue Dot Rising Over The Lunar Horizon

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) experiences 12 "earthrises" every day, but it recently took full advantage of an opportunity to capture this image of Earth — and it's marvelous.

Normally, the LRO has its camera pointing down on to the lunar surface. But in this instance, NASA scientists had it pitch forward while approaching the moon's north pole, allowing the LROC Wide Angle Camera to capture Earth rising above Rozhdestvenskiy crater (112 miles [180 km] in diameter).

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[RGinNJ]

1. I love seeing our big blue marble from space!

Thanks for the post.

[Stargazer09]

2. Beautiful!

Thank you for posting this!

It's amazing how small we look from the moon.

[calimary]

5. It's amazing how small we look - period.

I shared this to Facebook and commented - This tiny little dot is all we've got! Why can't we take better care of it?

[Owl]

8. So true!

[Control-Z]

3. We are practically glowing!

Just beautiful! Thank you for posting this. I love all your space pic posts!

[Warren DeMontague]

4. STOP BOMBING THE MOOOOOOON!!!!

Star folks lunar sister indigo children menstrual disrupting nasa brutes space violators!!! Arrrrrrrgh!!!!!

[msanthrope]

6. Damn...beat me to it!!! nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. It's our Blue Jewel! And I'd take it over that cold dusty place in the foreground

anyday. (Unless I was an astronaut, I suppose)

[Pale Blue Dot]

9. I approve. nt

[Wilms]

10. It figures.

[BrotherIvan]

11. That's a DUzy