This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Blue marble photo 1972.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
The original caption is reprinted below.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa.
The blue marble photo that changed the world.
The original blue marble was taken on dec.
Evans command module pilot.
See the evolution of the iconic blue.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph.
But it was this 1972 photograph of earth taken by the apollo 17 astronauts that garnered the most notice and is forever enshrined as the best loved blue marble photo.
The original caption is reprinted below.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
We re showing the true original photograph with the south pole on top.
In 1972 nasa made a breakthrough in capturing the image of the earth.
The original caption is reprinted below.
Nasa has released several similar images of earth since then but they.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft en rout.
How and when was the image captured.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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.
On monday nasa released a photo of the entire sunlit side of earth the first since the original blue marble photo in 1972.