Earth Blue Marble Nasa

Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Earth blue marble nasa. The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. History of the blue marble the earth didn t appear blue in nasa s first satellite images. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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.
Still those earliest images showed that a yet unproven method of observing the earth from space would help improve weather forecasts. Evans command module pilot. And scientist astronaut harrison h. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. 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. In sharing these blue marble images nasa hopes the public will join with the agency in its continuing exploration of our world from the unique perspective of space.