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When the Earth came up from the lunar horizon, I was the first one to really look at it and say, "We've got to take a picture." Bill had a Hasselblad, with ektachrome film. He got the shots, which were great - I'm glad he did. But I always kid him and say, "I directed you on how to shoot that thing.' Clash: Did you guys take photos, too? Lovell: Yeah, but we were handicapped. I think Frank [Borman] took some black-and-whites. Like I said, Bill had the color film, but he also had a telescopic lens. If you look at that picture, the Earth is really bigger than it is when you see it with the naked eye. Bill was the lunar pilot on the flight, and we didn't have a Lunar Module. We had to give him something to do, so we thought photography would be pretty good [laughs]. Clash: Describe your view of the back of the moon, the first-ever by humans, aboard Apollo 8. Lovell: Well, that was quite a thrill, the high point of my space career. 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