Cresent Earth, as seen from the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission. Photographed as the Apollo 15 left the Moon to return home on 7th August 1971.

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Photo credit: © NASA/VRS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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