This snapshot was taken on December 24, 1968 by Apollo 8 That night, astronaut Frank Borman and pilots Jim Lovell and William Anders transmitted this image from lunar orbit Lovell said: "The vast solitude is awesome and makes you realize of what you have there on Earth ".
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New images of Saturn's rings in stunning detail
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