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The Moment NASA astronauts Captured Earthrise in Dec. 24, 1968 – the photo that almost never was!

December 25, 2013 By Editor

A look at the capturing of Earthrise by NASA, the iconic photograph of the Earth as you’ve never seen it before – amazing to think that this photograph almost never was captured as the astronauts scrambled to drop color film in the camera!

WOW… a true team effort too!

 

Filed Under: THE EDITOR Tagged With: editor, expert, Experts, Glenn Letham, gletham, The Moment NASA astronauts of Apollo 8 Captured Earthrise - the photo that almost never was!

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