To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.
Blue marble picture nasa.
This animated globe shows the city lights of the world as they appeared to the new suomi npp satellite which has at least 10 times better light resolving power than previous night viewing satellites.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Evans command module pilot.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
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.
Published december 6 2012.
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.
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.