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.
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This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Evans command module pilot.
Also like its predecessor the new blue marble is available free of charge to educators scientists museums businesses.
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.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet.
Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet.
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Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations with a spatial resolution level of detail of 1 square kilometer per pixel.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Like the original the blue marble.
Next generation is a mosaic of satellite data taken mostly from a nasa sensor called the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer that flies board nasa s terra and aqua satellites.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
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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.