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Blue earth marble.

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 at night earth from afar modis image of the day modis rapid response national parks rapid response gallery show all image size large medium small view all sizes start date. Blue earth marble with natural earth continents recycled glass 5 in a pouch 1 inch diameter 17 88. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.

Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of. 1 2 3 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. Evans command module pilot. For more replay from the beginning blue marble earth.

The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. 720 x 360. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. And scientist astronaut harrison h.

Next generation is a series of images that show the color of the earth s surface for each month of 2004 at very high resolution 500 meters pixel at a global scale. History of the blue marble the earth didn t appear blue in nasa s first satellite images. 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. Rather the television infrared observation satellite known as tiros beamed home images in black and white.

Carl sagan the pale blue dot excerpt. Still those earliest images showed that a yet unproven method of observing the earth from space would help improve weather forecasts. And to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot the only home we ve ever known.