View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Blue marble earth image.
Next generation is a series of images that show the color of the earth s surface for each month of 2004 at very high resolution 500 meters pixel at a global scale.
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 composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
Schmitt lunar module pilot 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.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
On december 1972 a crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft captured a famous image of the earth from a distance of 45 000 kilometers which has been known as the blue marble image.
Evans command module pilot.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
This image shows south america from september 2004.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.