Footage of the moon passing in front of the earth.
Yes, you've seen it in movies - but this would be actual footage taken from a spacecraft.
Since no human being in all of our history has ever been past the moon - to say this is a rare visual is a bit of an understatement.
BadAstronomy's Phil Plait gushes out some perspective:
I think their real impact is the visceral one from simply seeing them. As Carl Sagan once said: everyone you have ever met, every human who has lived and died, lived out their lives on that blue ball. And yet here we are, in the 21st century, plains apes allowed to evolve and satiate their curiosity, now with the ability to lob metal proxies into deep space, look back, and see ourselves.
Science. I love this stuff.
Yeah. Me, too.
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