The first Earthrise to be witnessed by a human

[Gina]

Hi all,

Came upon this very interesting article and thought I'd share ...

Happy Birthday Earthrise

The blue marvel
For the first three orbits, preoccupied by the Moon and their latest TV broadcast, the spacecraft was not orientated to give them a chance to see the Earth.

But as Apollo 8 nosed its way back from the far side of the Moon for the fourth time, it was Frank Borman who first spotted the view by chance from a window, his reaction captured by the on board tape recorder.

"Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there!" he exclaimed. "Isn't that something…"

[Caz]

Re: The first Earthrise to be witnessed by a human

Brilliant Gina - thanks for sharing, really enjoyed that link!

[Mowgli]

Re: The first Earthrise to be witnessed by a human

Thanks for sharing Gina
There were some amazing pictures back then, those of us who remember them the first time around were taken aback by what was visible to those astronauts that first ventured beyond earth. Sadly some much is taken for granted nowadays with all this computer technology

Mowgli