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Rising Earth about five degrees above the lunar horizon

This December, 1968 NASA file image shows the rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The horizon, about 570 kilometers (250 statute miles) from the spacecraft, is near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from the Earth. On the earth, the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The south pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print. AFP PHOTO/NASA / AFP PHOTO / NASA / HO

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Us-Satellite Image-Great Barier Reef

This image taken from NASA's Earth Obeservatory Internet site shows the Great Barrier Reef, that extends for 1, 242 miles (2, 000 km) along the northeastern coast of Australia. It is not a single reef, but a vast maze of reefs, passages, and coral cays (islands that are part of the reef). This true-color image was acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument on August 26, 2000, and shows part of the southern portion of the reef adjacent to the central Queensland coast. The width of the MISR swath is approximately 236 miles (380 kilometers), with the reef clearly visible up to approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers) from the coast. The large island off the most northerly part of the coast visible in this image is Whitsunday Island, with smaller islands and reefs extending southeast, parallel to the coast. AFP PHOTO/ NASA / AFP PHOTO / NASA / NASA

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US soldier stands in the middle of rubble in the Monument of the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig

A US soldier stands in the middle of rubble in the Monument of the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig after they attacked the city 18 April 1945. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/ERIC SCHWAB
Un soldat de la 1re arme amricaine, qui s'est empar facilement de Leipzig le 19 avril 1945, est photographi parmi les dcombres l'intrieur du Monument de la Bataille des Nations de Leipzig. Ce monument commmore la victoire dcisive de 1813 des nations allies (Autriche, Prusse, Russie et Sude) contre les troupes napoloniennes. Ce monument est le dernier bastion pris par les Allis Leipzig le 20 avril aprs un intense pilonnage et la capitulation de la garnison allemande qui s'y tait replie. AFP/ERIC SCHWAB / AFP PHOTO / ERIC SCHWAB

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