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This photo of Earth was taken by a human

On the way home from the Moon in August 1971, Apollo 15 Astronaut Jim Irwin picked up a Hasselblad camera and captured this astonishing prospect of a crescent Earth gleaming in a ray of sunlight.

history.nasa.gov/afj/ap15fj/24a-day12_p23-uv-photos.html

tothemoon.im-ldi.com/gallery/apollo/15/6#AS15-96-13104

Dedicated to the Public Domain in memory of Apollo 15 Moonwalker Jim Irwin.

 

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