The first time humans saw the whole earth from space was thanks to a photograph taken by astronaut Bill Anders on the 24th December 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. The photo, known as ‘Earthrise’ for the first time showed us what our planet looks like from space. Its vulnerability and beauty gave rise to a new global consciousness. We should take care to pin it to the fridge and apply its lessons to our lives. For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop:
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“It is perhaps the most famous photograph ever taken. It came into being almost by accident, when on the morning of Christmas Eve 1968 one of the astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft, Bill Anders, turned the camera from the supposed object of their mission – the moon – towards a spherical, brightly glowing, blue object rising above the lunar horizon. This was Earth, our irreplaceable planetary home. Suddenly humankind was able to view its habitat with a gaze hitherto reserved for the entity we have termed God…”
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happy 50th birthday earthrise 🙂
The photograph really reminds us how little the cosmos and the world are under our control. How little our sense of self and identity is, if there is any. This is really an exercise of humbleness.
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Thank you for including Holst in this! Such gorgeous music.
how can there be an 'earthrise' when one side of the moon is always facing the earth?
you have been brainwashed.
please start to use your heads.
School of lies. Disinformation channel at its best. No real picture of earth exists from deepspace.
I think this may be one of your best videos yet
100% fake
So beautifully said
There is not a single picture of the earth in this video!
Beautifully written. Brought the tears rolling down my cheeks to a dead stop, though, when the writer insisted on including his/her theological point of view.
If it was so necessary to bring that timeless photography back "down to Earth," why couldn't he/she left it the unanswered question…just like it's always been and always will be.
"If there is a God…" Indeed.
"Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa."
Probably inspired by Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Every single person needs to know about this channel. It helped me in a level I can't even describe. Thank you School of Life
The Earth Is Flat… my channel has all the proof you need!
0.35 this was photoshoped image of wannabe earth.
god i love the music
WTF is this? Get you'r shi*# together School of life! You used to be good! -_-
Too bad its dying :'(
I loved this so much 😭
what a bunch of bullshit 😀 so many still dont know that earth is flat
earth is flat, not a globe 🙁
this video has such a Wonder Years' vibe 🙂 I love it!
inspirational!