Earthrise

"Earthrise" is another influential space image, taken by an Apollo 8 astronaut in 1968 during the first manned orbit of the moon.  Instead of the usual and familiar sunrise and moonrise seen by humans for tens of thousands of years, this is the first color image of the Planet Earth seen rising vis-a-vis another planetary body. The blue and colorful planet, teeming with life and activities, contrasts with dull and silent moon's surface, but it also signified poignant fragility of the planet, ushering in environmental and ecological concerns and care for our home planet.



Here's another image of Earthrise -- this time a HD video taken by Kaguya, the Japanese lunar orbiting spacecraft, in 2007. 

Note: Earthrise is a phenomenon seen only from satellites or spacecrafts that travel around the Moon, as it cannot be observed by a person who is on the Moon as s/he can always see the Earth at the same position -- the same reason that we cannot see the "dark side of the moon" from here.