View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Blue marbles earth.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Published october 9 2007.
The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45 000 kilometers 28 000 miles it is one of the most iconic and among the most widely.
We ll call the above image blue marble i.
Evans command module pilot.
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.
When we think of earth this iconic image of the blue marble immediately comes to mind.
A new weather satellite has relayed its first images of earth back to scientists and the new collection which includes an updated version of the iconic blue marble image of earth is simply.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Pictures of earth from 1972 to today.
Introduce students to geologic processes on earth and how to identify geologic features in images.
To celebrate nasa s newest photo of earth here s a look at some of the ones that came before it.