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.
Blue marble earth image.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This image shows south america from september 2004.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
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 astronaut eugene a.
The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
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 composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.