NERDS GONE WILD

The first satellite photo of Earth caused a global “we look round?” moment. Reality hits different from space.

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Photos of Earth from space, such as Earthrise in 1968 and Blue Marble in 1972, changed how people viewed the planet. People already knew it was round long before.

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