One of the most important photographs yet taken was snapped on Christmas Eve, 1968, as Apollo 8 orbited the Moon. It shows the Earth in the blackness of space above the lunar surface.
"Earthrise" helped spark both the space advocacy movement and the environmental movement. Though envinmentalism was around before 1968, the photograph helped drive home the point that Earth is a special place.
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