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| Description: During the final days of December 1968, the Apollo 8 mission to the moon transmitted images of the earth rising above the moon's horizon. For the first time we could see how earth appears from our nearest neighbour in the solar system (fig. 23.1). The human response to the sight of the earth framed by a bleak lunar landscape is captured by the words of the Apollo 8 astronauts: “The earth from here is a grand oasis in the … vastness of space.â€ÂÂ
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