Blue Marble 1972 Nasa

The original caption is reprinted below.

Blue marble 1972 nasa.

Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr. Evans command module pilot. 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 original caption is reprinted below. 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. 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. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

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. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.

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. 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.

Nasa has released several similar images of earth since then but they. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. On monday nasa released a photo of the entire sunlit side of earth the first since the original blue marble photo in 1972. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

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. Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health. And scientist astronaut harrison h.

This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph. 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. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. The blue marble from apollo 17.

This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth. Was in 1972 during apollo 17.