NASA Brings Iconic Apollo 8 'Earthrise' Photo To Life (VIDEO)

WATCH: Iconic 'Earthrise' Brought To Life

What if you could go back in time and see what the Apollo 8 astronauts saw when they snapped the iconic "Earthrise" photograph?

Now you can.

Nearly 45 years after Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to photograph Earth rising over the moon, NASA has recreated the historic moment in a short video simulation on YouTube. Just check it out above.

The incredible scene was created using recent data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and audio records of the actual 1968 event. We can all re-live the moment together.

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