It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
Blue marbles earth.
Introduce students to geologic processes on earth and how to identify geologic features in images.
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.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Evans command module pilot.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Pictures of earth from 1972 to today.
We ll call the above image blue marble i.
This view of earth from space is a fusion of science and art drawing on data from multiple satellite missions and the talents of nasa scientists and graphic artists.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
To celebrate nasa s newest photo of earth here s a look at some of the ones that came before it.
Published october 9 2007.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
A new weather satellite has relayed its first images of earth back to scientists and the new collection which includes an updated version of the iconic blue marble image of earth is simply.