Nasa Blue Marble 1972
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Nasa blue marble 1972. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. 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. And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Evans command module pilot. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. 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. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
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. 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 is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. 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 original caption is reprinted below. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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 image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon. The blue marble from apollo 17. The original caption is reprinted below.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. 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. How and when was the image captured. Astronaut photograph as17 148 22727 courtesy nasa johnson space center gateway to astronaut photography of earth.
The blue marble from apollo 17. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. This original blue marble inspired later images of the earth compiled from satellite data. It is one of the most iconic and among the most widely distributed images in human history.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa. In 1972 nasa made a breakthrough in capturing the image of the earth.