Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas Eve 1968

40 years ago today one of the greatest photographs in history was taken.



(via APOD)

2 comments:

kemibe said...

It is interesting to consider how easy it is in the age of a thousand and one Earth-orbiting satellites to take photo. When humanity lay eyes on this image, it marked a collective, watershed moment we as a species can never precisely replicate.

NiteSkyGirl said...

That is just so breathtaking to look at!
( cough*cough* Putting helmet and oxygen tank on )