Earth Day at 50: How Apollo 8's 'Earthrise' photo helped spark the first celebration
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 07:00
in Astronomy & Space
The iconic "Earthrise" image snapped by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders from lunar orbit on Dec. 24, 1968, showed our planet as it really is: a lonely and fragile outpost of life suspended in an endless, inky-black void.