What the Astronauts Saw as They Orbited the Moon During Apollo 17

What the Astronauts Saw as They Orbited the Moon During Apollo 17
By Nancy Atkinson

This view always gets me *right there.* This is what Apollo 17 astronauts saw in December of 1972 as they came around the farside of the Moon: the blue and white crescent Earth rising above the stark lunar horizon. And now image editing guru Kevin Gill has sharpened the image, giving it more texture, color …

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