11/14/2007

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Earthrise over the Moon
planetary.org / JAXA / NHK TV, 12 November 2007
[Japan's lunar rover] Kaguya captured the blue marble of Earth rising over the Moon’s north pole on November 7, 2007. This image is a still from a high-definition movie shot with Kaguya’s wide-angle HD camera...more…

UPDATE:See the actual high definition moon footage online in online HDTV program at the Discovery Channel.

The Man-in-the-Moon may be fun, but in Japan it is the Rabbit-in-the-Moon. That is, the Japanese envision a rabbit pounding mochi/rice cakes.
As you can see on the right, the Japanese even find Buddha in the Bunny, the Gako Bosatsu–Bodhisattva of Moonlight (月光菩薩) part of the Yakushi-sanzon/Triad of Healing.

Drawing ripped & re-purposed from Chromecyborg: And Love Said No