Earthrise and the First Earth Day, 50 Years Later. Happy Earth Day! A blog post at "Insights: Scholarly Work at the John W. Kluge Center" on 2020-04-22. The iconic image, dubbed Earthrise, inspired a new appreciation of the fragility of our place in the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice are here to help you celebrate Earth Day 2020 by giving you a cosmic perspective. Two years later, Earth Day was born to honor our home planet.

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2005 December 24 Earthrise Credit: Apollo 8, NASA. Explanation: In December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back again. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.