The earth DOES rise on the Moon, well from some spots anyway.
The Earth DOES rise on the Moon, viewed from some spots anyway.
The Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, but since its orbit isn't a perfect circle, the part that points to the Earth never quite line-up perfectly.
Viewed from the Moon, it looks like the Earth is doing a small 8 shaped movement in the sky. If that "8" shaped motion happens to be near the horizon, you'll get an Earth-rise.
But like you said I think that this picture was taken when they were going around the Moon.
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