Title

Earthrise - Apollo 8, December 24, 1968. Creator: William A Anders.

Caption

Earthrise - Apollo 8, December 24, 1968. This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the fourth nearside orbit. The photo, by astronaut William Anders, is displayed here in its original orientation, though it is more commonly viewed with the lunar surface at the bottom of the photo. Earth is about five degrees left of the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features on the left are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Height of the photographed area at the lunar horizon is about 175 kilometers.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM20A47_031

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,3Mb (787,6Kb) / 13,2in x 16,5in / 3968 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

home country shape space planet exploration science Earth solar system astronomy color moon horizon lunar location century concept space exploration space travel NASA Sixties United States of America spherical Colour earthrise lunar surface 1960s 20th century American America USA Apollo 8 Apollo Mission united states National Aeronautics and Space Administration Heritage Space NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration William A Anders Anders William Anders William A William Anders William Alison Anders Anders William Alison