And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Is the blue marble picture real.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
The planet appears as a tiny dot against the vastness of space among.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Pale blue dot is a photograph of planet earth taken on february 14 1990 by the voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers 3 7 billion miles 40 5 au as part of that day s family portrait series of images of the solar system.
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 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.
Unlike apollo 17 s photograph of the whole earth nasa s blue marble is not a real photograph.
Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The blue marble followed four years later in 1972 and was similarly as awe inspiring as the first image of the earth seen in its entirety shot by apollo 17 astronauts en route to the moon it depicts africa the arabian peninsula the island of madagascar antarctica the edge of mainland asia and clouds swirling over the southern hemisphere.
Evans command module pilot.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
A new weather satellite has relayed its first images of earth back to scientists and the new collection which includes an updated version of the iconic blue marble image of earth is simply.
In the nasa archive its formal designation is as17 148 22727 but it s commonly known as the blue marble shot and forty years later we still aren t sure who actually took it.
It s a composite made of many other images.
A synthetic but accurate and deliciously crispy.
Code 613 climate and radiation branch earth sciences division sciences and exploration directorate.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Data visualizer and designer robert simmon never thought that he would become mr.
Senior program analyst organization he works for.
In the photograph earth s apparent size is less than a pixel.
