The blue marble from apollo 17.
Apollo 17 blue marble earth.
The new collection is called the blue marble.
Around five hours later when the spacecraft had left earth orbit and begun i.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.
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.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
On december 7 1972 the crew of apollo 17 changed the way we look at our home planet.
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.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take.
Nasa crew of apollo 17.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the moon at a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles.
This photograph illustrates the earth as an isolated ecosystem floating in space.
Evans command module pilot.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Apollo 17 was launched from the kennedy space center at 12 33 am on 7 december.
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 image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.