Screen CUT IN
Beyond the Moon, a brilliant, beautiful blue planet comes IN.
At the end of the cut, a light is emitted from the darkness of the South Pole.
UrsusArctos: This shot of Second Impact from behind the moon a likely reference to the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, as the tributes page notes, it's fairly common and has been referenced more directly elsewhere, such as the end of Ideon.
