And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Blue marble earth image.
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.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
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.
Evans command module pilot.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
This image shows south america from september 2004.