Blue Marble 1972 Nasa

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Blue marble 1972 nasa.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

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. On monday nasa released a photo of the entire sunlit side of earth the first since the original blue marble photo in 1972. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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. This original blue marble inspired later images of the earth compiled from satellite data. Evans command module pilot.

This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. Nasa has released several similar images of earth since then but they. 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.

The original caption is reprinted below. Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr. This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon. 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 was the first time the apollo trajectory. The original caption is reprinted below. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph.

Was in 1972 during apollo 17. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. The blue marble from apollo 17. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

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. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. The blue marble from apollo 17.