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The Earth Inside and Out: Some Major Contributions to Geology in the Twentieth Century
Cover image
'Spaceship Earth'. Earthrise above the lunar horizon, photographed by the astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission as they emerged from behind the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968. On the Earth, northwestern Africa (red-brown, lower right) has just emerged into daylight while the full Sun is reflected in the Atlantic Ocean (above centre) (NASA photograph).
