Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Blue marble earth image.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
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 this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
On december 1972 a crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft captured a famous image of the earth from a distance of 45 000 kilometers which has been known as the blue marble image.
This image shows south america from september 2004.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
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.