[BITList] Earthrise

[John Feltham]

From a correspondent…
 


The world's most famous photograph,

 
  
 
   "Earthrise"

 
  
 
   It's been on the cover of TIME and on stamps.

 
  
 
   But did you know it almost didn't happen?

 
  
 
   This occurred over 45 years ago, on Christmas Eve, 1968.  

 
   The site below is outstanding.

 
  
 
   It takes you right onto the module with the 3 astronauts and you hear

 
   them as they see it for the first time.

 
  
 
   (It begins occurring around 3 minutes, 38 seconds.)

 
  
 
   Just think, most of us were alive and watching when this happened.

 
  
 
   A picture like this, taken by a human, is not likely to happen even in the

 
   distant future.

 
  
 
   The Untold Story Of one of the World's Most Famous Photo

 
    <http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=dE-vOscpiNc>http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=dE-vOscpiNc <http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=dE-vOscpiNc>
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