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Photographer: William Anders (1933-2024). Earthrise from Apollo 8. December 24, 1968. Vintage gelatin silver print. 20,3 x 25,2 cm. NASA press text printed on the verso.

This celebrated image shows a black and white version of planet Earth rising above the bleached lunar horizon. The crew had completed three lunar orbits before emerging from the far side and witnessing this sight, surely one of the most astounding ever photographed. Anders stated "I was immediately almost overcome by the thought that here we came all this way to the Moon, and yet the most significant thing we're seeing is our own home planet, the Earth."

Literatur: Ron Schick and Julia Van Haaften. The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1988, ill. p. 98 (in color).