Blue Marbles Earth

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Blue marbles earth.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. 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. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. 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.

To celebrate nasa s newest photo of earth here s a look at some of the ones that came before it. 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. 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.

The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45 000 kilometers 28 000 miles it is one of the most iconic and among the most widely. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Evans command module pilot. Pictures of earth from 1972 to today.

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.