Photograph of Earth taken by an Apollo 15 Astronaut on the way back home from the Moon in 1971 by Potential_Vehicle535
Potential_Vehicle535 on February 15, 2026 4:16 pm 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. *NASA Image Source:* https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=AS15&roll=96&frame=13104
Upset_Definition2019 on February 15, 2026 4:19 pm Wish I could see something like that one day. Must’ve been breathtaking.
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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.
*NASA Image Source:*
https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=AS15&roll=96&frame=13104
Underexposed and blurry. Remove from reddit!! /s
Wish I could see something like that one day. Must’ve been breathtaking.
Dude where’s our planet? Oh there it is phew