NASA released a gorgeous shot of planet Earth from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter .

(NASA/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter )

NASA released an eye-popping photograph of the Earth over the weekend, providing an exciting new vantage point of our big blue marble planet.

The space agency's robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the image at the perfect moment, revealing a fully illuminated Earth creeping up above the rocky lunar surface.

The photograph recalled the famous 1968 William Anders photo of the Earth from the Moon entitled "Earthrise," which was prominently featured in former Vice President Al Gore's Academy Award winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."

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"The image is simply stunning," said Noah Petro, who helps coordinate theLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, in for the photo.

The photograph was put together with a series of shots taken on October 12, with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter situated approximately83 miles above Earth.

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Saint George Basin, Australia (JAXA/European Space Agency)