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Rising Earth about five degrees above the lunar horizon

This December, 1968 NASA file image shows the rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The horizon, about 570 kilometers (250 statute miles) from the spacecraft, is near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from the Earth. On the earth, the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The south pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print. AFP PHOTO/NASA / AFP PHOTO / NASA / HO

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Earth rising above the lunar horizon

December 24, 1968 - The rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near 110 degrees east longitude. The horizon, about 570 kilometers (350 statute miles) from the spacecraft, is near the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from Earth. Width of the view at the horizon is about 150 kilometers (95 statute miles). On Earth 240, 000 statute miles away the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The South Pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds

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Neotropical realm (wildlife of Central and South America), published 1897

Neotropical realm - wildlife of the temperate zones (subtropics) of Central and South America: 1) Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus); Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus); 3) Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus); 4) Andean condor (Vultur gryphus); 5) Southern opossum (Didelphis marsupialis); 6) Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco); 7) Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus); 8) Scrub Tanager (Tangara Vitriolina); 9) Spangled coquette (Lophornis stictolophus); 10) Lama; 11) Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu); 12) Agouti (Dasyprocta); 13) Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea); 14) Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla); 15) Greater rhea (Rhea americana); 16) Jagur (Panthera onca); 17) Bushmaster snake (Lachesis muta); 18) Tungara frog (Engystomops pustulosus); 19) Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus); 20) Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus); 21) Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa); 22) South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa). Lithograph after a drawing by Friedrich Specht (German animal painter, 1839 - 1909), published in 1897