Image:As08-16-2593.jpg

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The first image taken by humans of the whole Earth. Photographed by the crew of Apollo 8 (probably by Bill Anders) the photo shows the Earth at a distance of about 30,000 km. South is at the top, with South America visible at the covering the top half centre, with Africa entering into shadow. North America is in the bottom right.

Source

http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/a/as08-16-2593.jpg
http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/a/as08-16-2593hr.jpg (Higher resolution 411 kB)


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current 18:09, 5 January 2008 2,458×2,458 (411 KB) Papa November (Uploaded higher res version. Source is on description page)
03:50, 6 April 2005 900×900 (96 KB) Evil Monkey (===Description=== The first image taken by humans of the whole Earth. Photographed by the crew of Apollo 8 (probably by Bill Anders) the photo shows the Earth at a distance of about 30,000 km. South is at the top)
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