Earthrise: The Image That Changed Humanity’s Perspective

This breathtaking view of Earth rising over the lunar horizon became one of the most iconic images in human history. Captured during the Apollo missions, it showed humanity for the first time how fragile and unified our world appears from space. The contrast of Earth’s vibrant blues and whites against the stark, desolate surface of the Moon helped inspire the environmental movement and forever changed our perspective of our place in the cosmos.