Earthrise, Earthset

Video of Earth rising and setting over the moon's horizon, taken with the HDTV camera aboard Japan's KAGUYA (SELENE) lunar explorer on November 7, 2007.

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[Mash Head]

I agree with you. landing on the moon was one of the greatest human acheivments why do so many people believe that it was a hoax?

[Jose Miranda]

You are probably a looser that is always watching TV and videos here... I mean, who the hell would call himself buttface...?

[h44Nor]

This video alone is one of the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Answer me honestly how many human beings can say they have seen the earth rise over the moon. And set again. This is simply amazing. One point in space and time where everything that matters exists, The sum total of mankind toil and struggle in one brilliant blue sphere. There it is, the entire universe as we can grasp it. Beautiful.

[TimeLoops]

Brian Eno – Deep Blue Day

[5479900]

What is this song man?

[oldblob1]

Something else is wrong here. Pause the video at 1:21. Someone please explain that to me.

[zetalore]

ow now that is very beautifull.

[Badabeo]

wtf! I'm not a fan of conspiracy or things like that, but this clip looks like a fake! It reminds me the computer graphic (o_O) lol!?

p.s. we went to the moon in my opinion and i feel really proud of this great achievement!!

[dumbtreeclimber]

Due to libration, Earth would wobble in the sky slightly. For observers on the border between the "far" and "near" side of the Moon, they would see Earth slowly rise up and set in the same area of the sky. However, for all intents and purposes, you are correct.

[dumbtreeclimber]

Take a photo of the Moon without zooming or cropping and you will see that it looks no more than a small circle far off in the sky. Earth is just 3.5 times larger than the Moon, so Earth from the Moon would not really look that big...just 1.8 degrees.

[dumbtreeclimber]

From the Moon, Earth subtends to an angular diameter of 1.8 degrees. That is about three and a half times larger than the Moon appears from Earth (half a degree). The camera used no zoom, so Earth looks about as big as what it would look like in real life. Most likely, you have seen other photos of Earth from the Moon where zoom was used, which made Earth look huge in comparison to the distant craters. This is actual footage from an actual satellite that was orbiting the Moon.