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Earthrise is a photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most infl
Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders
Color-calibrated version
The first photograph of Earth from the Moon by a person, also by Anders, taken shortly before Earthrise (for a colorized version see this image)
A copy of the modified Hasselblad 500 EL camera used
Earthset
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Earthset is a photograph of Earth taken by astronaut Christina Koch on April 6, 2026 at 22:41 UTC during the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon. It is visually similar to Earthrise, a 1968 photograph
Earthrise
…The mission's zero-gravity indicator, Rise, was also designed after the photograph. On April 6, 2026, a new photograph similar to Earthrise, titled Earthset, was taken by crew member Christina Koch during Artemis II's lunar flyby using a Nikon D5 camera. The Earth "rose" because the spacecraft was traveling…
Earthset, by Christina Koch aboard the Integrity capsule of Artemis II, 2026
A wider-angle view. In this photograph, the lunar sunrise terminator is at 146° West. The many crater chains (catenae) lead to the location of Mare Orientale at the Moon's limb.
Photograph of an earthset from Apollo 17, 1972