Blue Marble Real Earth Nasa

The view from apollo 17 fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the globe marked the first earth day.
Blue marble real earth nasa. The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45 000 kilometers 28 000 miles. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Blue marble a seamless image mosaic of the earth wms visualizations by eric sokolowsky released on february 16 2004 this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
And scientist astronaut harrison h. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. A synthetic but accurate and deliciously crispy. It is one of the most iconic and among the most widely distributed images in human history.
See the blue marble next generation a true color earth dataset including seasonal dynamics from modis 880 kb pdf for acknowledgments. Evans command module pilot. It s a composite made of many other images. 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.
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. Next generation was produced by reto stöckli nasa earth observatory nasa goddard space flight center. Unlike apollo 17 s photograph of the whole earth nasa s blue marble is not a real photograph. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Twin blue marbles published october 9 2007 this view of earth from space is a fusion of science and art drawing on data from multiple satellite missions and the talents of nasa scientists and graphic artists.