Posted on 04/29/2021 2:55:30 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Our fair planet sports a curved, sunlit crescent against the black backdrop of space in this stunning photograph. From the unfamiliar perspective, the Earth is small and, like a telescopic image of a distant planet, the entire horizon is completely within the field of view. Enjoyed by crews on board the International Space Station, only much closer views of the planet are possible from low Earth orbit. Orbiting the planet once every 90 minutes, a spectacle of clouds, oceans, and continents scrolls beneath them with the partial arc of the planet's edge in the distance. But this digitally restored image presents a view so far only achieved by 24 humans, Apollo astronauts who traveled to the Moon and back again between 1968 and 1972. The original photograph, AS17-152-23420, was taken by the homeward bound crew of Apollo 17, on December 17, 1972. For now it's the last picture of Earth from this planetary perspective taken by human hands.
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If you look real close you can see me waving.
Our planet is indeed beautiful.
HOW DARE YOU!
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I can see my house
I was in high school at the time. I was sad this would be the last mission to the moon and IIRC the commentators were saying it would be unlikely there would be a return to the moon before the end of the century which seemed like forever at the time. Those were heady days likely never to be recaptured.
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