“I watched with quiet eyes the sunbeams that glittered on the waves,”— Mary Shelley, from “Mathilda,” originally published c. October 1812
This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Apollo 15 launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn V launch vehicle.
Credit: NASA
