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22 April 2010
The Photo That Started it All!
It is one of the most famous photos of all time. On Christmas Eve 1968 the crew of Apollo 8 reached the Moon for the first time. As they came around the back side they snapped the Earth rising over the lunar surface. For the first time in history the people of Earth saw just how fragile their home in the cosmos was. How alone we are in the vastness …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.