It's a view that few of us earthbound inhabitants will ever witness with our own eyes. The Washington Post carries an AP article that captures what astronauts say it's like to look upon Earth from Space.

In 1984, Kathy Sullivan, says the view drove home the need to keep our little blue orb clean.

"...From up there, it looks finite and it looks fragile and it really looks like just a tiny little place on which we live in a vast expanse of space. It gave me the feeling of really wanting us all to take care of the Earth. I got more of a sense of Earth as home, a place where we live. And of course you want to take care of your home. You want it clean. You want it safe."

Read the article for more perspectives.