Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/500 85mm 100 ISO
Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is earth…home.
~Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut (cited: Thich Nhát Hanh, Love Letter to the Earth)
a meditative journey 
Is this not the most beautiful description of our lovely earth?!
It is an amazing description…adds a spiritual quality to earth images I’ve seen.
Here is my description of earth. Please check it out.
https://tenaciousbeliever07.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/lets-pretend/
I have often pondered this perspective. Sometime ago I read an article that suggested that oxygen was initially a pollutant…
Oh nice.