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DescriptionAs08-16-2593.jpg	English: One of the first images taken by humans of the whole Earth. Photographed by the crew of Apollo 8 (probably by Bill Anders) the photo shows the Earth at a distance of about 30,000 km. South is at the top, with South America visible at the covering the top half center, with Africa entering into shadow. North America is in the bottom right.
Date	December 1968
Source	http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/a/as08-16-2593.jpg http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/a/as08-16-2593hr.jpg (Higher resolution 411 kB)
Author	U.S. govt.
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current	17:19, 18 April 2012	2,015 × 1,781 (621 KB)	Soerfm	Crop
	18:09, 5 January 2008	2,458 × 2,458 (411 KB)	Papa November	Uploaded higher res version. Source is on description page
	03:50, 6 April 2005	900 × 900 (96 KB)	Evil Monkey	===Description=== The first image taken by humans of the whole Earth. Photographed by the crew of Apollo 8 (probably by Bill Anders) the photo shows the Earth at a distance of about 30,000 km. South is at the top

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