Beauty Shot: Moon Probe Catches Full Earthrise

Earth-set sequence: The images shot by the HDTV onboard Kaguya on Nov. 7, 2007 show the Earth setting to the horizon near the Moon's south pole. It took about 70 seconds from the left image to the right image.

(space) -- A Japanese spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back stunning footage of a round, blue Earth rising above the lunar horizon.

The high-definition video camera aboard Japan's lunar orbiter Kaguya caught the rare view of the full Earth as it rose above the moon's horizon on April 5, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officials said in a recent statement after releasing a short video of the event.

"This is the first time that a high-[definition] image of the 'Full Earth-rise' has been captured from space," JAXA officials said. full story