Blue Marbles Earth

Pictures of earth from 1972 to today.

Blue marbles earth.

And scientist astronaut harrison h. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. A new weather satellite has relayed its first images of earth back to scientists and the new collection which includes an updated version of the iconic blue marble image of earth is simply. Introduce students to geologic processes on earth and how to identify geologic features in 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. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Published october 9 2007. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.

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. 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 is one of the most iconic and among the most widely. We ll call the above image blue marble i. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

To celebrate nasa s newest photo of earth here s a look at some of the ones that came before it. 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.