I’m not going to lie, I don’t know many photographers outside my family. But to satisfy the means of this homework assignment, I will be writing about William Anders, the first person to take a picture of the Earth from outer space. It was taken on Christmas Eve 1968 when he was aboard Apollo 8. This picture, being as old as it is, captures what the world was before humanity went further downhill in terms of global warming. Even though that wasn’t the sole purpose of this picture, many depictions can be made. The idea for this picture was for science; it was taken to see what Earth looked like on the outside like no one has ever seen. It gave a taste of astronomy and photography in one picture. The first picture shown is the one taken my William Anders in 1968 while the next one was taken recently by a NOAA/NASA satellite in January of 2017.
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