Using newly-obtained topography data from the Lunar Reconnaisciance Orbiter, Nasa animator (stop and think for a second how cool a job that would be) Ernie Wright reconstructed the famous Earthrise scene from Apollo 8, which I wrote about here. Check out the awesome animation!
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Posted by DougReilly on April 21, 2012
http://bicycleastronomy.org/2012/04/21/earthrise-simulation-2/
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