Next generation offers a year s worth of monthly composites at a spatial resolution of 500 meters.
Original blue marble earth.
The original blue marble image is a photograph taken by the apollo 17 astronauts as they traveled toward the moon.
The blue marble from apollo 17 this classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
That puts your basketball earth at over 30 inches 76 centimeters away from your face or roughly an arm s length away.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Next generation offers a years worth of monthly composites at a spatial resolution of 500 meters.
It was taken at a distance of about 28 000 miles 45 062 kilometers.
The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations with a spatial resolution level of detail of 1 square kilometer per pixel.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
In 1972 from a distance of about 45 000 km 28 000 mi the crew of apollo 17 took one of the most famous photographs ever made of the earth.
The original caption is reprinted below.
This original blue marble inspired later images of the.
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.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations with a spatial resolution level of detail of 1 square kilometer per pixel.
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.
Blue marble die während des fluges von apollo 17 zum mond am 7.
Suomi npp is designed to help improve weather forecasts and.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
The blue marble は 1972年 12月7日にアポロ17号の乗組員によって 地球からおよそ4万5千キロメートル 2万8千マイル の距離から撮影された 1 著名な地球の写真である 英語で 青いビー玉.
Evans command module pilot.