View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The blue marble original photo.
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.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
In the nasa archive its formal designation is as17 148 22727 but it s commonly known as the blue marble shot and forty years later we still aren t sure who actually took it.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the.
Evans command module pilot.
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.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
The original caption is reprinted below.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
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.
The original caption is reprinted below.