Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered

Oh my God! There is a picture over there. The Earth is coming up. One of the most famous images ever taken was snapped from the Moon about 53 years ago. The famous image shows the Earth rising above the limb of the Moon as taken by the crew of Apollo 8. The Earthrise image was the second one taken of the Earth rising above the lunar limb. The first Earthrise image, which was originally black and white, has been re-mastered to have a combined resolution and color of the first three images. It's here! The picture that Apollo 8 astronauts were talking about was a close-up. We can all see it thanks to modern technology. The black and white image of the Earth setting behind the lunar limb was taken by the robotic Lunar Orbiter 1 two years earlier.

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You don't have to look through a telescope to see where it is pointing. Allowing the telescope to project its image onto a large surface can be useful because it reduces the intense brightness of very bright sources. It is useful to look at the Sun during a solar eclipse. There is a too-bright full moon projected in the featured single-exposure image. The February full moon is called the Snow Moon by some northern cultures. The main telescope at the Saint-Véran Observatory is a 62-centimeter telescope. It is easier to see a full moon directly because it is not as bright. The next chance will be on March 17.