The Blue Marble Nasa 1972

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The blue marble nasa 1972.

This classic photograph of the earth was taken on dec. This original blue marble inspired later images of the earth compiled from satellite data. Dubbed the blue marble earth is revealed as both a vast planet home to billions of creatures and a beautiful orb capable of fitting into the pocket of the universe. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

The original caption is reprinted below. Blue marble image of the earth from apollo 17. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health.

The original caption is reprinted below. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.

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. The original caption is reprinted below. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. 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. 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. One of the most widely known photographs of earth this image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as the crew made its way to the moon.

And scientist astronaut harrison h. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. The last time anyone took a photograph from above low earth orbit that showed an entire hemisphere one side of a globe was in 1972 during apollo 17.

The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. 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. 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.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. 7 1972 by the crew of apollo 17. The original caption is reprinted below.