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.
Apollo 17 blue marble earth.
Evans command module pilot.
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This photograph illustrates the earth as an isolated ecosystem floating in space.
That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take.
It shows africa antarctica and the arabian peninsula.
Nasa crew of apollo 17.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
On december 7 1972 the crew of apollo 17 changed the way we look at our home planet.
The new collection is called the blue marble.
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.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.
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 kilometres 18 000 mi.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Around five hours later when the spacecraft had left earth orbit and begun i.
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.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.