Definition of "earthrise" []

• The rising of the earth above the horizon as seen from the moon. (noun)

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• "Everest, but I just learned that the STS-130 patch was inspired by the "earthrise" photo that Dennis Wingo and our team at the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project released in Nov. 2008."
• "They eventually agreed to let me have it and 'earthrise' went on to become the official Earth Summit album and also a no. 1 album in the UK charts."
• "As the capsule curved round the edge of the Moon, it was creating the only kind of earthrise that was possible-a man-made one."