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Astronaut William (Bill) Anders snapped this iconic image of Earth on December 24, 1968 while aboard Apollo 8 with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. #OTD

“Here we came all this way to the Moon, and yet the most significant thing we’re seeing is our own home planet.” — Bill Anders

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Image Description: Against the blackness of space, Earth is seen rising over the lunar surface, which is gray and full of craters in the foreground. The lower part of the globe is in shadow, but the rest of Earth is mostly blue water with swirling white clouds and a few patches of brown land.

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