the rise of earth above the horizon, as seen by an observer on (or in orbit around) another planet; an instance of this
Earth-rise from the moon.
It had become almost a ritual with us these last few years, staying up night after night to watch the earthrise.
How do you like the pictures of the earthrise seen from near the moon? The earth looks innocent, blue-and-white, afloat in a black silence.
I can still remember staying up for Earthrise with my parents when I was little.
On its 90-day trek, Trailblazer plans to beam back dramatic hi-res shots of earthrise.
interdating 1953
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1907 cite from an essay that pointed out that a painting titled Earth-Rise: from the Moon suffered a glaring astronomical error (the Earth is motionless as seen from the Moon, and so neither rises or sets).
Malcolm Farmer submitted magazine cites from 1891, in which art exhibition reviewers discussed this painting (which was by Philip Burne-Jones)
Jesse Sheidlower submitted a 1953 cite from Worlds of If.
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