Earthrise is a photograph of Earth that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. [1][2][3] Nature photographer Galen Rowell …

Dec 23, 2020 · Taken aboard Apollo 8 by Bill Anders, this iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon, with astronauts …

Aug 20, 2025 · It was on the fourth pass that Apollo 8's crew—Bill Anders, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell—witnessed what would come to be known as an "Earthrise" for the first time.

Dec 23, 2025 · As Apollo 8 emerged from behind the Moon, William Anders captured a photograph of Earth rising above the lunar horizon. This now-iconic image—showing our small, fragile planet set …

Apr 22, 2024 · The image was coined "Earthrise". It was the first colour photograph of Earth taken from space and quickly circulated around the world.

We saw Earth rise over the moon in 1968. It changed everything. The famous Christmas Eve snapshot took 90 seconds to make and kicked off five decades of awareness of our planet’s beauty and...

Earthrise When Apollo 8 astronauts Bill Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell rounded the farside of the Moon, they became the first humans to witness an Earthrise above an alien surface.

Dec 21, 2018 · On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to witness the Earth rising above the moon's barren surface. Now we can …

Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968, and was the second crewed spaceflight mission flown in the United States Apollo space program (the first, Apollo 7, stayed in Earth orbit). Apollo 8 was the third …

Nov 17, 2023 · However, the impact of Apollo 8’s “Earthrise” picture – the sight of the Earth from the Moon – now seems even greater than that of the first landing.