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http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth360

Earthrise's history - http://www.ibhanet.org/resources/documents/newsletters/spierearthrisephoto.pdf

Earthrise -- "The Earthrise photograph of 1968 and the 'Blue marble' photograph of 1972 between them frame the Apollo Moon programme. They also represent the beginning and the summit of whole Earth awareness. But while the Earthrise showed the Earth in space, 'Blue marble' showed the Earth alone. Filling the frame, centered on Africa (mankind's place of origin), and looking both alone and alive, its message was not 'space' but 'home'. It was a record of a particular historical moment: mankind's last trip (to date) beyond Earth's orbit..."

Yale University Press, New Haven and London by Robert Poole Copyright 2008

ISBN 978-0-300-13766-8

Earth -- Photographs from space