The Blue Marble Was The Name For

The blue marble shot as it came to be known wasn t the first photo of earth in its entirety satellites had already done that.

The blue marble was the name for.

Its homogeneous greyish white base is composed of fine shiny particles. We re showing the true original photograph with the south pole on top. But it was this 1972 photograph of earth taken by the apollo 17 astronauts that garnered the most notice and is forever enshrined as the best loved blue marble photo. Its veins are grey in color and are distributed over the surface as capillaries.

The blue marble photo that changed the world. And scientist astronaut harrison h. The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers from the planet s surface. This was the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap despite the southern hemisphere being heavily covered in clouds.

Blue marvel adam bernard brashear is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Lead data visualizer and information designer formal job classification.

Evans command module pilot. On december 1972 a crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft captured a famous image of the earth from a distance of 45 000 kilometers which has been known as the blue marble image. Bianco carrara marble as its name suggests comes from the carrara quarries in the tosco emilian apennines. Senior program analyst organization he works for.

The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa. Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr. The blue marvel debuted in adam. Still riding the wave of public wonder of humans in space and.

Code 613 climate and radiation branch earth sciences division sciences and exploration directorate. Legend of the blue marvel 1 november 2008 and was created by actor writer kevin grevioux who originally conceived the character as a child. Blue marble game 부루마불게임 is a korean board game similar to monopoly manufactured by si yat sa. Its title is a reference to the blue marble photograph and description of the earth as seen from space.

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. The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the moon at a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles.