Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2024 June 30

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/1R5QqhPq1Ik?rel=0

                      Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction
              Video Credit: [3]NASA, [4]SVS, [5]Apollo 8 Crew;
   Lead Animator: [6]Ernie Wright; ([7]USRA); Music: [8]C Major Prelude by
                          [9]Johann Sebastian Bach

   Explanation: About 12 seconds into this video, something unusual
   happens. The Earth begins to rise. Never seen by humans before, the
   [10]rise of the Earth over the limb of the Moon occurred about 55.5
   years ago and surprised and amazed the crew of [11]Apollo 8. The
   [12]crew immediately [13]scrambled to take still images of the
   [14]stunning vista caused by [15]Apollo 8's orbit around the Moon. The
   [16]featured video is a modern reconstruction of the event as it would
   have looked were it recorded with a modern movie camera. The colorful
   orb of [17]our Earth stood out as a familiar [18]icon rising above a
   distant and [19]unfamiliar moonscape, the whole scene the conceptual
   reverse of a [20]more familiar moonrise as seen from Earth. To many,
   the scene also spoke about the unity of humanity: that big [21]blue
   marble -- that's us -- we all live there. The [22]two-minute video is
   not time-lapse -- this is the real speed of the Earth rising through
   the windows of [23]Apollo 8. Seven months and three missions later,
   [24]Apollo 11 astronauts would not only circle Earth's moon, but
   [25]land on it.

   [26]NASA Administrator Remembers Earthrise Photographer William Anders
                       Tomorrow's picture: time spiral
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    Authors & editors: [38]Robert Nemiroff ([39]MTU) & [40]Jerry Bonnell
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                         [49]NASA Science Activation
                           & [50]Michigan Tech. U.

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