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The blue marble 1972.
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 made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap despite the southern hemisphere being heavily covered in clouds.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
1 distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen pal club that encouraged intercultural communication.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The original caption is reprinted below.
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.
Petsko a biochemist at weill cornell medical college wrote about the blue marble in an essay in 2011.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
7 1972 gregory a.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The blue marble dec.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The original caption is reprinted below.
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 classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
Our whole planet suddenly in this image seemed tiny vulnerable and incredibly lonely against the vast blackness of the cosmos.
Blue marble image of the earth from apollo 17.
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.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Evans command module pilot.
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.
By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
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 from apollo 17.