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littlehuman77 t1_jbvkmai wrote

Incredibly mesmerizing photography. Thanks so much for sharing, Don!

I know this isn’t an AMA of any sort, but I feel like this may be my opportunity to directly ask an individual who’s been to space -

Edgar Mitchell famously depicted his visit to the moon as an instant acquisition of global consciousness, stating that international politics become a petty thought. Do you also feel the same, or anything to a similar degree, when able to view our home from such a high vantage point? What’s it like to view Earth so far removed from it in a position where relatively few have been before?

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astro_pettit OP t1_jbxl7eb wrote

Earth viewed from space is beautiful, but no more so than Earth viewed from Earth; it is just new and different.

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