# Earthrise over Compton crater -LRO full res

- By: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center / Arizona State University
- Date: 2015-10-12
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/895
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earthrise_over_Compton_crater_-LRO_full_res.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/d/d9/Earthrise_over_Compton_crater_-LRO_full_res.jpg/1920px-Earthrise_over_Compton_crater_-LRO_full_res.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Earth straddling the limb of the Moon, as seen from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter above Compton crater. The shadow in the foreground is from the crater's central peaks, while the mountains just above it can be seen in the 10 o'clock position within the crater in this image or the 12 o'clock position in this image. The center of the Earth in this view is 4.04°N, 12.44°W, just off the coast of Liberia. The large tan area in the upper right is the Sahara desert, and just beyond is Saudia Arabia. The Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America are visible to the left.

From the Earth, the daily Moonrise and Moonset are always inspiring moments. However, lunar astronauts will see something very different: viewed from the lunar surface, the Earth never rises or sets. Since the Moon is tidally locked, the Earth is always in the same spot above the horizon, varying only a small amount with the slight wobble of the Moon. The Earth may not move across the "sky", but the view is not static. Future astronauts will see the continents rotate in and out of view and the ever changing pattern of clouds will always catch one's eye. Well at least on the nearside, but what about the farside? The…