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Blue marble apollo 17 nasa.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day.
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.
Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health.
By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth.
The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45 000 kilometers 28 000 miles.
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.
Schmitt lunar module pilot caught this breathtaking view of our home planet as they were traveling to the moon on dec.
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.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This original blue marble inspired later images of the earth compiled from satellite data.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
Astronaut photograph as17 148 22727 courtesy nasa johnson space center gateway to astronaut photography of earth.
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.
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.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Evans command module pilot.
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 from apollo 17.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
It is one of the most iconic and among the most widely distributed images in human history.