Blue Marble Poem

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Blue marble poem.

Send us your stories. More about this poet. But look closer and that spherical perfection softens a little. 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.

Ann druyan suggests an experiment. Madhavan 12 13 2015 9 53 00 pm. 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. 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. Opinion pieces and miscellaneous but well written rants all up to 1500 words. Climate fiction for our changing world. Evans command module pilot.

Charlie bottle before colonization of other nations began the exploitation of the earth s natural resources were done for individuals to benefit themselves and their families post colonization it was for king and nation and post industrial revolution it was for corporations and faceless stakeholders. Read great cli fi and environmentally focused short stories poetry and features here. Take a good long look at it. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

At first glance it seems to have the sheen of blue veined marble. Send us your flash stories or something longer upper limit 1500 words. Stare at the dot for any length of time and then try to convince yourself that god created the whole universe for one of the 10 million or so species of life that inhabit that speck of dust. Blue marbles green marbles black.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Beautiful blue marble is reminder of each of those failings religion personal enrichment. Poet laureate ted kooser s column american life in poetry read full biography.

Up to three poems per submission. More about this poem ode to marbles by max mendelsohn about this poet max mendelsohn s poetry has been published in former u s. Four pieces of artwork scanned jpeg format or four. We are looking for new work that hasn t been published anywhere else either online or in print.

Look back again at the pale blue dot of the preceding chapter. Blue marble review is published four times a year and accepts submissions of poetry fiction non fiction essays opinion pieces travel writing photography and art on a rolling basis. And scientist astronaut harrison h.