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.
Blue marble earth image.
Evans command module pilot.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
On december 1972 a crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft captured a famous image of the earth from a distance of 45 000 kilometers which has been known as the blue marble image.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This image shows south america from september 2004.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa.
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 composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.