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.
Blue marble 1972 nasa.
Nasa has released several similar images of earth since then but they.
Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr.
Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph.
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.
Evans command module pilot.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
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.
This original blue marble inspired later images of the earth compiled from satellite data.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
The original caption is reprinted below.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The original caption is reprinted below.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
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.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth.
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.
On monday nasa released a photo of the entire sunlit side of earth the first since the original blue marble photo in 1972.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
The original caption is reprinted below.
This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
