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