Courtesy of SELENE, the Japanese lunar orbiter and its HDTV camera
Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long,
slow motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling
blue and white jewel, a light delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly
swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of
black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth...home.
-Astronaut Edgar White, Apollo 14
Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long,
slow motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling
blue and white jewel, a light delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly
swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of
black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth...home.
-Astronaut Edgar White, Apollo 14
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