View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Blue earth marble.
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.
Rather the television infrared observation satellite known as tiros beamed home images in black and white.
720 x 360.
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.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Blue earth marble with natural earth continents recycled glass 5 in a pouch 1 inch diameter 17 88.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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.
Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of.
1 2 3 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.
Blue marble earth at night earth from afar modis image of the day modis rapid response national parks rapid response gallery show all image size large medium small view all sizes start date.
For more replay from the beginning blue marble earth.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Carl sagan the pale blue dot excerpt.
This image shows south.
And to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot the only home we ve ever known.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.