APOD: 2008 November 18 - Restored: First Image of the Earth from the Moon - The Diigo Meta page

• 18 Nov 08
  

  gialloporpora

  La prima foto della Terra vista dalla Luna è stata ridigitallizzata ed è disponibile in alta definizione.
  
  
  
  Explanation: Pictured above is the first image ever taken of the Earth from the Moon. The image was taken in 1966 by Lunar Orbiter 1 and heralded by then-journalists as the Image of the Century. It was taken about two years before the Apollo 8 crew snapped its more famous color cousin. Recently, modern technology has allowed the recovery of higher resolution images from old data sources such as Lunar Orbiter tapes than ever before. Specifically, the above image recovery was led by Nancy Evans as part of the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project. Images like that above carry more than aesthetic value -- comparison to recent high definition images of the Moon enables investigations into how the Moon has been changing.

  spazio astronomia immagini

  • Explanation:
    Pictured above is the first image ever taken of the Earth from the Moon.
    
    The image was taken in 1966 by
    Lunar Orbiter 1 and heralded by then-journalists as the
    Image of the Century.
    
    It was taken about two years before the
    Apollo 8 crew snapped its
    more famous color cousin.
    
    Recently, modern technology has allowed the recovery of
    higher resolution images from old data sources such as
    Lunar Orbiter tapes than ever before.
    
    Specifically, the
    above image recovery was led by Nancy Evans as part of the
    Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery
    Project.
    
    Images like
    that above carry more than aesthetic value -- comparison to
    recent high definition images of the
    Moon
    enables investigations into how the
    Moon has been changing.

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