With modern digital technology, however, the real first Earthrise image -- originally in black and white -- has now been remastered to have the combined resolution and color of the first three images. Behold!
You'll want to save these identification details from this famous set taken on December 24, 1968, because just as it is written, "Behold."
The featured image is a close-up of the picture that Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders was talking about. Thanks to modern technology and human ingenuity, now we can all see it.
The God of Abraham is never asleep at the switch.
We watched on a small black-and-white set, probably about 8 or 9 inches diagonally, the picture quality was just good enough to make out lunar craters moving across the screen, but to hear the astronauts recite from Genesis as it was happening was one of those live tv moments you never forget.
Brings a tear to my eyes even today.