Earthrise

[AdamJoshua]

On Dec. 24, 1968—45 years ago this week—by what is essentially coincidence and fast thinking, one of the most iconic photographs in human history was taken: Earthrise over the Moon. To me this is the greatest photograph ever taken, it always has been and it always will be.

The link is a great article talking about the Apollo 8 crew taking the photo, using current technology along with recordings from the capsule they have recreated what led up to this photo being taken. To me there is something about hearing these men talk and joke a bit with each other, these are true American Heroes, what they did will never been done again, they were launched into space, so no matter what the next generation brings, going to Mars or who knows where, they will only be walking in these men's foot prints, they might walk further, but these men were the ones that took those first important steps.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro...e_history.html