Blue Marble 1972 Nasa

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.

Blue marble 1972 nasa. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. Nasa s earth observing system eos satellites were designed to give a check up of earth s health. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. The blue marble from apollo 17. And scientist astronaut harrison h.

The original caption is reprinted below. By 2002 we finally had enough data to make a snap shot of the entire earth. On monday nasa released a photo of the entire sunlit side of earth the first since the original blue marble photo in 1972. 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.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. The original caption is reprinted below. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.

This was the first time the apollo trajectory. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. This original blue marble inspired later images of the earth compiled from satellite data. The blue marble from apollo 17.

Was in 1972 during apollo 17. Evans command module pilot. 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. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

The original caption is reprinted below. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph.

This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. Nasa has released several similar images of earth since then but they.