Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Sun Dec 23 2018 06:02:44 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 December 23 Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction Image Credit: NASA [2] , SVS [3] , Apollo 8 [4] Crew; Lead Animator: Ernie Wright [5] ; (USRA [6] ); Music: C Major Prelude [7] by Johann Sebastian Bach [8] Explanation: About 12 seconds into this video, something unusual happens. The Earth begins to rise. Never seen by humans before, the rise of the Earth [9] over the limb of the Moon occurred 50 years ago tomorrow and surprised and amazed the crew of Apollo 8 [10] . The crew immediately scrambled [11] to take still images of the stunning vista [12] caused by Apollo 8 [13] 's orbit around the Moon. The featured video [14] is a modern reconstruction of the event [15] as it would have looked were it recorded with a modern movie camera. The colorful orb of our Earth [16] stood out as a familiar icon rising [17] above a distant and unfamiliar moonscape [18] , the whole scene the conceptual reverse of a more familiar moonrise [19] as seen from Earth. To many, the scene also spoke about the unity of humanity: that big blue marble [20] -- that's us -- we all live there. The two-minute video [21] is not time-lapse -- this is the real speed of the Earth rising through the windows of Apollo 8 [22] . Seven months and three missions later, Apollo 11 [23] astronauts would not only circle Earth's moon, but land on it [24] . Tomorrow's picture: earthrise remastered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [25] | Archive [26] | Submissions [27] | Index [28] | Search [29] | Calendar [30] | RSS [31] | Education [32] | About APOD [33] | Discuss [34] | > [35] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [36] (MTU [37] ) & Jerry Bonnell [38] (UMCP [39] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [40] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [41] A service of: ASD [42] at NASA [43] / GSFC [44] & Michigan Tech. U. [45] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] https://www.nasa.gov/ [3] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html [5] https://gestar.usra.edu/about-gestar/directory/?uname=EWright [6] https://www.usra.edu/ [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_and_Fugue_in_C_major,_BWV_846 [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach [9] ap150906.html [10] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo-8.html [11] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/earthrise.html [12] https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/ 297755main_gpn-2001-000009_full_0_0.jpg [13] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/ moon-apollo-8-insider-stories/ [14] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4593 [15] https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2018/ december/event-earthrise-50th-anniversary-celebration [16] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/ [17] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4129 [18] ap031109.html [19] ap170616.html [20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble [21] https://youtu.be/1R5QqhPq1Ik [22] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/science/earthrise-moon-apollo-nasa.html [23] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html [24] ap981004.html [25] ap181222.html [26] archivepix.html [27] lib/apsubmit2015.html [28] lib/aptree.html [29] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [30] calendar/allyears.html [31] /apod.rss [32] lib/edlinks.html [33] lib/about_apod.html [34] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=181223 [35] ap181224.html [36] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [37] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [38] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [39] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [40] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [41] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [42] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [43] https://www.nasa.gov/ [44] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [45] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A40 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .