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The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by either Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon.Viewed from around 29,400 km (18,300 mi) from Earth's surface, [1] a cropped and rotated version has become 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 29,400 kilometres (18,300 mi). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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From the original Blue Marble photo shot back in 1972 to the new high-definition Blue Marble images to a screen shot of the very first video image of Earth taken by a weather satellite in 1960 ...
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These are previously unreleased images of our blue marble planet, showing the North Pole and what appears to be a giant hole there. ... Click below for some of the best photos on NASA's Instagram ...
Blue Marble: Land Surface, Shallow Water, and Shaded Topography ... Source = NASA - Visible Earth, images combined and scaled down by HighInBC (20 megabyte upload ...
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