How The Iconic 1968 Earthrise Photo Changed Our Relationship To The Planet [View all]

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“Oh, my God,” he said. “Here’s the Earth coming up.”



Crew member Bill Anders turned the camera away from its lunar chores and pointed it homeward, snapping what may be the most iconic image ever taken. Borman said later that it was “the most beautiful, heart-catching sight of my life, one that sent a torrent of nostalgia, of sheer homesickness, surging through me. It was the only thing in space that had any color to it. Everything else was simply black or white. But not the Earth.”

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