Is The Blue Marble Fake

We ll call the above image blue marble i.

Is the blue marble fake.

Nasa s blue marble earth is a fake by dr. The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the. 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. Unlike apollo 17 s photograph of the whole earth nasa s blue marble is not a real photograph.

The guy who created the iphone s earth image explains why he needed to fake it. See for example this post from plane not a planet blog. That in turn has led some to question whether everything nasa did and said was fake. Eowyn when we think of earth this iconic image of the blue marble immediately comes to mind.

That in turn has led some to question whether everything nasa did and said was fake. 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 s so simple and easy that anyone can do exactly what i. The discovery of duplicate clouds has led to accusations that not only is the 2002 image blue marble ii a fake the original apollo 17 image blue marble i was likely a fake as well.

See for example this post from plane not a planet blog. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. And scientist astronaut harrison h. A synthetic but accurate and deliciously crispy.

Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.

Dark blue dot march 27 2014 this. Evans command module pilot. It s a composite made of many other images.