The Blue Marble 1972

This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
The blue marble 1972. Blue marble image of the earth from apollo 17. The original caption is reprinted below. 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. The blue marble dec.
Petsko a biochemist at weill cornell medical college wrote about the blue marble in an essay in 2011. By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth. Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
And scientist astronaut harrison h. Our whole planet suddenly in this image seemed tiny vulnerable and incredibly lonely against the vast blackness of the cosmos. 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.
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. 1 distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen pal club that encouraged intercultural communication. 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. 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 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles.
Evans command module pilot. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. 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 original caption is reprinted below.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. 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. The blue marble from apollo 17.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Big blue marble was a half hour children s television series that ran from 1974 to 1983 on numerous syndicated and pbs tv stations. 7 1972 gregory 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.