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PHOTO OF THE DAY January 13, 2004  

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Where In orbit of Earth's moon
When 1972
Photographer Unknown (NASA)

"Apollo 17 astronauts, in orbit around the moon, photographed a crescent Earth rising in the lunar sky."

—From the National Geographic book Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs, 2003

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