Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon Dec 24 2018 04:44:54 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 24 [2] Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered Image Credit: NASA [3] , Apollo 8 [4] Crew, Bill Anders [5] ; Processing and License [6] : Jim Weigang Explanation: "Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! Here's the Earth coming up. Wow is that pretty!" Soon after that pronouncement [7] , 50 years ago today, one of the most famous images ever taken [8] was snapped from the orbit of the Moon [9] . Now known as "Earthrise [10] ", the iconic image shows the Earth rising above the limb of the Moon, as taken by the crew [11] of Apollo 8 [12] . But the well-known Earthrise [13] image was actually the second image [14] taken of the Earth rising [15] above the lunar limb -- it was just the first in color. With modern digital technology, however, the real first Earthrise image -- originally in black and white -- has now been remastered [16] to have the combined resolution and color of the first [17] three [18] images [19] . Behold! The featured image [20] is a close-up of the picture that Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders [21] was talking about [22] . Thanks to modern technology and human ingenuity [23] , now we can all see it. (Historical note: A different historic black & white image of the Earth setting behind the lunar limb was taken [25] by the robotic Lunar Orbiter 1 [26] two years earlier.) Tomorrow's picture: hubble wreath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [27] | Archive [28] | Submissions [29] | Index [30] | Search [31] | Calendar [32] | RSS [33] | Education [34] | About APOD [35] | Discuss [36] | > [37] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [38] (MTU [39] ) & Jerry Bonnell [40] (UMCP [41] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [42] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [43] A service of: ASD [44] at NASA [45] / GSFC [46] & Michigan Tech. U. [47] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1812/Earthrise1_Apollo8AndersWeigang_2048.jpg [3] https://www.nasa.gov/ [4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html [5] https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html [6] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ [7] https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap08fj/16day4_orbit4.html [8] http://100photos.time.com/photos/nasa-earthrise-apollo-8 [9] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/ [10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise [11] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ who-took-legendary-earthrise-photo-apollo-8-180967505/ [12] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html [13] ap150906.html [14] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4593 [15] ap181223.html [16] https://jw9c.blogspot.com/2018/01/earthrise-1.html [17] https://archive.org/details/as08-13-2329 [18] https://archive.org/details/as08-14-2383 [19] https://archive.org/details/as08-14-2384 [20] https://photos.app.goo.gl/OinnT83WZE7TSW3K2 [21] https://www.universetoday.com/13804/ apollo-8-astronaut-bill-anders-reflects-on-earthrise-picture/ [22] https://www.celebrateearthriseday.com/bill-anders/ [23] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E96EPhqT-ds [24] ap160827.html [25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise#/media/ File:First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed_wide.jpg [26] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/lunar-orbiter-1/in-depth/ [27] ap181223.html [28] archivepix.html [29] lib/apsubmit2015.html [30] lib/aptree.html [31] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [32] calendar/allyears.html [33] /apod.rss [34] lib/edlinks.html [35] lib/about_apod.html [36] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=181224 [37] ap181225.html [38] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [39] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [40] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [41] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [42] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [43] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [44] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [45] https://www.nasa.gov/ [46] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [47] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A40 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .