It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history.
Blue marble 1972 nasa.
Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
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This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr.
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And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Nasa has released several similar images of earth since then but they.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
In 1972 from a distance of about 45 000 km 28 000 mi the crew of apollo 17 took one of the most famous photographs ever made of the earth.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph.
The original caption is reprinted below.
By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
On monday nasa released a photo of the entire sunlit side of earth the first since the original blue marble photo in 1972.
Was in 1972 during apollo 17.
Evans command module pilot.
Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
