How NASA's iconic 'Earthrise' photo was taken
Monday 1 April 2019, 10:56 by Michelle Peeters | 7,502 views | 1 commentThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
NASA recreated how the Apollo 8 astronauts saw the Earth rise while orbiting the Moon more than 50 years ago.
In December 1968, more than 50 years ago, Apollo 8 crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell and William (Bill) Anders saw the Earth rise above the Moon's horizon. It was the first time humans had witnessed an 'Earthrise'.
The photo became one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century. NASA created a reconstruction based on the old photographs and data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which now orbits the Moon.
Bill Anders, using a Hasselblad 500 EL fitted with a 250 mm lens and modified 70 mm Kodak Ektachrome film, first took a black-and-white photo of the Earthrise.
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Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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guest wrote on Wednesday 26 December 2018 at 02:16 | replyI still find it very strange that there wasn't a roll of film in the camera yet and that this still had to be looked up
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