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