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Earthrise: The stunning photo that changed how we see our planet
« on: December 24, 2018, 04:25:41 pm »


Christian Davenport
The Washington Post
December 24, 2018

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The astronauts had spun around the moon a few times already, their gaze pointed down on the gray, pockmarked lunar surface. But now as they completed another orbit of the moon on Christmas Eve 1968, Frank Borman, the commander of the Apollo 8 mission, rolled the spacecraft, and, soon, there it was.

Earth, this bright, beautiful sphere, alone in the inky vastness of space, a soloist at the edge of the stage suspended in the spotlight.

“Oh, my God,” exclaimed Bill Anders, the lunar module pilot. “Look at that picture over there! There’s the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!”

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Re: Earthrise: The stunning photo that changed how we see our planet
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2018, 06:52:03 pm »
That is truly beautiful. 

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Re: Earthrise: The stunning photo that changed how we see our planet
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2018, 07:35:04 pm »
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On Christmas Eve in 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts captured an image that symbolized hope and inspired environmentalism

And like everything the whaco's appropriate they took an image of a beautiful and stunning achievement,  corrupted it, and turned it to shit.
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Re: Earthrise: The stunning photo that changed how we see our planet
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2018, 07:49:35 pm »
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Re: Earthrise: The stunning photo that changed how we see our planet
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2018, 10:48:26 pm »
That is photoshopped, and was from it's creation.