On this day, in 1968, NASA publishes the famous image "Earthrise". Taken by the Apollo 8 mission astronaut William Anders, on Christmas Eve, it was the first image of the entire Earth seen from space. Included in Life magazine's list of the 100 Photographs That Changed the World, it changed Humankind's view on our planet, becoming an iconic environmental symbol.
Earthrise (2018)
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
"Earthrise" is a documentary from 2018, directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee. It tells the story of the first image of the whole Earth captured from space in 1968 by the Apollo 8 astronauts, the first reaching the Moon's orbit. The story is solely told by the three astronauts responsible for this iconic image that had such great impact on our perception of our common world, the Earth.
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