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On December 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered the lunar orbit. As Commander Frank Borman initiated a planned roll of the spacecraft, crewmember Bill Anders was photographing the moon’s surface through a side window. All of a sudden, Anders caught sight of Earth emerging over the lunar horizon. With an “Oh my God” from Anders, Borman and James Lovell also took in the view of the exquisite blue-and-white orb. A calm but urgent search began for a roll of color film. “Hurry. Quick,” Anders is heard uttering on the mission’s tape recording. Lovell found the film just too late, but moments later, through a different window, the lonely planet appeared again. Anders then snapped what became one of the most iconic and transformative photographs of the twentieth century: Earthrise.