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Here comes the Earth

A 2007 Space Odyssey, minus special effects or CGI

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Let’s take “How the World Works” to the next metalevel. On November 7, a camera aboard the Japanese lunar explorer Kaguya filmed the Earth rising and setting over a lunar landscape. Pink Tentacle says a high definition television broadcast of the footage is on the way, but in the meantime, even a lower-resolution YouTube abridged version is fantastic.

By Andrew Leonard

Andrew Leonard is a staff writer at Salon. On Twitter, @koxinga21.


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