Five Images, Six Decades: Capturing the Iconic “Earthrise” Photo - Nautilus

60 years ago NASA took the first ever photo of Earth from the moon

Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew

In 1968, Apollo 8 photographed the famous Earthrise during its fourth lunar orbit; decades later, NASA used time-lapse images and LRO maps…