View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Blue marble earth image.
Evans command module pilot.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa.
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.
Next generation is a series of images that show the color of the earth s surface for each month of 2004 at very high resolution 500 meters pixel at a global scale.
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 image shows south america from september 2004.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.