:28:01
have begun to yield
a harvest of benefits.
:28:04
They have focused our search
for minerals and petroleum.
:28:11
We have only begun to tap
the immense sources of energy
:28:14
that underlie the earth.
:28:16
Today, lceland heats its entire
capital of Reykjavik
:28:21
from thermal wells
:28:22
tapping the fires
of the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
:28:28
ln time, we may learn to harness
the inexhaustible furnaces
:28:31
of the interior of our planet
:28:35
The processes of genesis
continue.
:28:40
The Atlantic widens.
:28:44
Africa fractures.
:28:49
The Alps grow.
:28:52
A new Thera rises.
:28:56
The voyages of the continents
continue.
:29:03
We have peered
into the boundaries of creation
:29:06
and read the fires and flow
of genesis
:29:10
and seen our own molten image.
:29:13
And we perceive,
as never before
:29:16
the fiery, moving outlines
:29:18
of the immense
and awesome journey
:29:21
of which we are a part
:29:23
And for all the people
back on Earth
:29:27
the crew of Apollo 8
has a message
:29:30
that we would like
to send to you:
:29:33
"ln the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth.
:29:37
And the earth was without form,
and void..."
:29:40
Science has only deepened
the wonder of genesis.
:29:44
The more we leaen
of Nature's processes
:29:47
the more beautiful
the faces of our Earth
:29:50
and the more mysterious
our own beings.
:29:57
From the ashes of long-ago stars;