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I don’t know how I managed to sleep through this particular event, but apparently in 2007 and then again in 2008, the Japanese Kaguya lunar orbiter filmed a pair of Earthrises and Earthsets in full 1080 HD. You can watch them online, squashed down to an unfortunate 480 x 270:

2008 event (absolutely astounding, even in low-res)
2007 event (impressive, but not as jaw-dropping)

I know I had a baby I was dealing with at the time, but man, how did I miss this? Please tell me it showed up as a blip on everyone else’s radar. … Read more