This famous photograph was taken on Christmas Eve, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. It’s usually rotated by 90 degrees, but apparently this view is what Anders actually saw. (Don’t ask me how they know that.)

Earthrise
Peace on this tiny little ball!

Trackbacks

blog comments powered by Disqus

Subscribe to RSS
Subscribe to Podcast
Subscribe to Email


image

Sam Harrelson lives in Asheville, NC and is pursuing his PhD in Religious Studies (Early Christian Origins). Sam is also an award winning blogger, speaker and online community strategist.

Search

Dig through content going back to 2004.

Lijit Search

Recent Comments



From My Library


Close
E-mail It