A photograph of Earth rising above the lunar horizon, taken by the astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission on December 24, 1968, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon. Widely credited with shifting public perception of Earth as a single, fragile whole, it became an early and lasting symbol of the environmental movement.
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Earthrise is a photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by American astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.
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Earthrise is a photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by American astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.
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