Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2024 June 30 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/1R5QqhPq1Ik?rel=0 Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction Video Credit: [3]NASA, [4]SVS, [5]Apollo 8 Crew; Lead Animator: [6]Ernie Wright; ([7]USRA); Music: [8]C Major Prelude by [9]Johann Sebastian Bach Explanation: About 12 seconds into this video, something unusual happens. The Earth begins to rise. Never seen by humans before, the [10]rise of the Earth over the limb of the Moon occurred about 55.5 years ago and surprised and amazed the crew of [11]Apollo 8. The [12]crew immediately [13]scrambled to take still images of the [14]stunning vista caused by [15]Apollo 8's orbit around the Moon. The [16]featured video is a modern reconstruction of the event as it would have looked were it recorded with a modern movie camera. The colorful orb of [17]our Earth stood out as a familiar [18]icon rising above a distant and [19]unfamiliar moonscape, the whole scene the conceptual reverse of a [20]more familiar moonrise as seen from Earth. To many, the scene also spoke about the unity of humanity: that big [21]blue marble -- that's us -- we all live there. The [22]two-minute video is not time-lapse -- this is the real speed of the Earth rising through the windows of [23]Apollo 8. Seven months and three missions later, [24]Apollo 11 astronauts would not only circle Earth's moon, but [25]land on it. [26]NASA Administrator Remembers Earthrise Photographer William Anders Tomorrow's picture: time spiral __________________________________________________________________ [27]< | [28]Archive | [29]Submissions | [30]Index | [31]Search | [32]Calendar | [33]RSS | [34]Education | [35]About APOD | [36]Discuss | [37]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [38]Robert Nemiroff ([39]MTU) & [40]Jerry Bonnell ([41]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [42]Specific rights apply. [43]NASA Web Privacy, [44]Accessibility, [45]Notices; A service of: [46]ASD at [47]NASA / [48]GSFC, [49]NASA Science Activation & [50]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1R5QqhPq1Ik?rel=0 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-8-mission-details/ 6. https://newsroom.usra.edu/usras-ernest-wright-awarded-nasas-exceptional-public-achievement-award/ 7. https://www.usra.edu/ 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_and_Fugue_in_C_major,_BWV_846 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150906.html 11. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-8/ 12. https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/apollo-8-astronaut-bill-anders-captures-earthrise/ 13. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-story-behind-apollo-8s-famous-earthrise-photo/ 14. https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/earthrise-3/ 15. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/moon-apollo-8-insider-stories/ 16. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4593 17. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/facts/ 18. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4129 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap031109.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170616.html 21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble 22. https://youtu.be/1R5QqhPq1Ik 23. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/science/earthrise-moon-apollo-nasa.html 24. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap981004.html 26. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-administrator-remembers-apollo-astronaut-williams-anders/ 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240629.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 33. https://apod.com/feed.rss 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 36. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240630 37. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240701.html 38. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 39. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 40. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 41. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 42. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 43. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 44. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 45. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 46. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 47. https://www.nasa.gov/ 48. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 49. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 50. http://www.mtu.edu/