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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by pault on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:30AM (#20213420)
So the Apollo "earthrise" photos are just "earth"?
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by archgoon on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:48AM (#20213663)
No; they weren't taken from the moon; they were taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, which was orbiting, so the Earth did in fact 'rise'.
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by quakeguy on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:53AM (#20213728)
Yes, Earth does not move significantly on the moon sky, if i remember right. It does rotate though.

Edit: Archgoon is right, the photos were taken from the orbiting module, so a rise happened.

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