This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
Blue marble picture nasa.
This animated globe shows the city lights of the world as they appeared to the new suomi npp satellite which has at least 10 times better light resolving power than previous night viewing satellites.
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.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
In sharing these blue marble images nasa hopes the public will join with the agency in its continuing exploration of our world from the unique perspective of space.
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.
Published december 6 2012.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
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.
Evans command module pilot.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.