I remember the first time I watched Apollo 13. I was five. And since that moment, I’ve been fascinated by space – but most especially the moon. This is my favorite lunar phase: Waxing Gibbous. I like more than the others because here you can see most of the ‘mare’ of the moon: Mare Tranquilitatis (where Apollo 11 landed), Mare Imbrium to the north, and Mare Nubium to the south. I know the possibilities of me going there someday are almost nil. But I can’t help but imagine and put myself on that little planet (that’s what moons are) and look back and see the only color in that black expanse. I wonder what it’d feel to be like Jim Lovell, Bill Anders, and Frank Borman and see our planet from 250,000 miles away.
Earthrise…
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