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The six best [your subject] in [your place]

One sentence saying why you are the person to write this list. Real credentials only — "I have eaten all of them twice" is a real one.

Start at number six

The countdown

Six of them, worst to best

One sentence on what these six have in common — the thing that made them eligible at all.

  1. A Saturn V rocket clearing the launch tower in fire and smoke, seen from above
    A caption you would say out loud

    Number six: Your sixth pick

    Two sentences. What it is, and why it earned this spot.

  2. An astronaut on a gold tether floating outside his spacecraft, the Earth's edge behind him
    A caption you would say out loud

    Number five: Your fifth pick

    Two sentences. What it is, and why it earned this spot.

  3. An astronaut in a jet-powered backpack flying free above a blue, cloud-covered Earth
    A caption you would say out loud

    Number four: Your fourth pick

    Two sentences. What it is, and why it earned this spot.

  4. An astronaut standing on the gray lunar surface, the photographer reflected in his visor
    A caption you would say out loud

    Number three: Your third pick

    Two sentences. What it is, and why it earned this spot.

  5. The whole Earth, fully lit, with Africa and Antarctica under swirling white cloud
    A caption you would say out loud

    Number two: Your second pick

    Two sentences. What it is, and why it earned this spot.

  6. The Earth, half lit, rising over the gray horizon of the Moon
    A caption you would say out loud

    The best one

    Number one: Your number one

    Two sentences, and make them the best two. This is the one somebody screenshots.

Method

How I ranked these

What I judged on

Two or three things, named. "Good" is not one of them.

What I ignored

The thing everyone else ranks by that you decided did not matter, and why.

Where I could be wrong

The strongest argument against your number one. Saying it makes the rest more believable, not less.