Earth-Sun-Moon

On the Shores of the Cosmic Ocean

You are Here

Reading: You are Here from Carl Sagan's Book, Pale Blue Dot

NAAP Motions of the Sun Simulator

This simulator captures all of the day-night, latitude, and seasonal variations of the motion of the sun.

Lunar Phase Simulator


List of Upcoming Eclipses


Earthrise

Photograph taken by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968. Nature photographer Galen Rowell called it "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken."

Earthrise - 45 years later

On the 45th anniversary of the photo, NASA used images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to create this video simulation below of what the astronauts saw in 1968.