This photo of Earth taken from space was taken by NASA astronaut Al Worden in 1971: As the Apollo 15 mission made its return journey back to Earth from the Moon, Worden picked up a 70mm Hasselblad camera and snapped the crescent Earth, edge-lit by the glare of the Sun.

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3 Comments

  1. TemperateStone on

    It seems so easy to miss a spot that looks so small compared to everything else around it.

  2. You know how ya get close to a really big mountain and you think, any minute we’re going to be there, but it still takes like forever?