Blue Marble 1972 Nasa

Was in 1972 during apollo 17.

Blue marble 1972 nasa.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. On monday nasa released a photo of the entire sunlit side of earth the first since the original blue marble photo in 1972. Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr.

Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. Nasa has released several similar images of earth since then but they.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This original blue marble inspired later images of the earth compiled from satellite data. This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon. The original caption is reprinted below.

This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. 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. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. The blue marble from apollo 17.

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. 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. By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth. The original caption is reprinted below.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. And scientist astronaut harrison h. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. The blue marble from apollo 17.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph. This was the first time the apollo trajectory.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Evans command module pilot. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.