First a disclaimer - the shot of earth is not my photo...I’ve never been to space (but it is a dream of mine to do so) but I got thinking about space when I read the devotion that Jen shared this morning. I remembered how this Saturday was the anniversary of when the Apollo 17 astronauts shot one of the most famous photographs ever taken. As they departed Earth for our final trip to the moon, they were able to get a fully illuminated shot of the whole of the earth. This shot has become known as “The Blue Marble.” In his Writer’s Almanac podcast on Saturday, Garrison Keillor quoted astronomer Fred Hoyle who said,
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Advent Day 9 - Blue Marble
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First a disclaimer - the shot of earth is not my photo...I’ve never been to space (but it is a dream of mine to do so) but I got thinking about space when I read the devotion that Jen shared this morning. I remembered how this Saturday was the anniversary of when the Apollo 17 astronauts shot one of the most famous photographs ever taken. As they departed Earth for our final trip to the moon, they were able to get a fully illuminated shot of the whole of the earth. This shot has become known as “The Blue Marble.” In his Writer’s Almanac podcast on Saturday, Garrison Keillor quoted astronomer Fred Hoyle who said,