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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.
First image of Earth from another astronomical object (the Moon) and first picture of both Earth and the Moon from space. [32] [33] [34] [7] [19] December 11, 1966 ATS-1: First picture of both Earth and the Moon from the Earth's orbit. [35] First full-disk pictures of the Earth from a geostationary orbit. [35] [image needed] January 1967
Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from an unprecedented distance of over 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of that day's Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.
The first images from space were taken on the sub-orbital V-2 rocket flight launched by the US on October 24, 1946. Satellite image of Fortaleza.. Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world.
The Day the Earth Smiled is a composite photograph taken by the NASA spacecraft Cassini on July 19, 2013. During an eclipse of the Sun , the spacecraft turned to image Saturn and most of its visible ring system , as well as Earth and the Moon as distant pale dots.
Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and part of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.
NASA's new pictures of Earth are reigniting conspiracy theories straight out of "Journey to the Center of the Earth." These are previously unreleased images of our blue marble planet, showing the ...
This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope Earth from space. See its nomination here.