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Earthrise.

On Christmas Eve of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew photographed Earth rising over the lunar surface as they orbited the Moon.

“We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth." – William Anders https://go.nasa.gov/3GcD3F4
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An image credited with starting the "green" political movement
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one of mankind's iconic positive photographs.

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Yes, and I want to pull an Edgar Mitchell on every single politician who doesn't care about the Earth or her people: Grab them by the scruff of the neck, take them out a quarter million miles, and say "LOOK AT THAT, you [saxon epithet].

I understand it's had an Effect on every single person who's been up.

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