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The Blue Marble
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The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by one of the astronauts aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon. Viewed from around 29,400 kilometers from Earth's s
The Blue Marble, taken by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972. The original photograph was taken with the South Pole facing the top; however, cropped, rotated,
The Blue Marble, taken by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972. The original photograph was taken with the South Pole facing the top; however, cropped, rotated, and processed versions are the most commonly used, like this one.
While the first image of the whole Earth was taken in 1967, this photograph by the crew of Apollo 10 from 1969 was used in the first version of the Ea
While the first image of the whole Earth was taken in 1967, this photograph by the crew of Apollo 10 from 1969 was used in the first version of the Earth Flag, before the Blue Marble was used instead
Original image, uncropped, uncorrected, and unrotated, with south-up orientation (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Apollo Image Atlas version)
Original image, uncropped, uncorrected, and unrotated, with south-up orientation (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Apollo Image Atlas version)
A copy of the modified Hasselblad 500 EL camera used
A copy of the modified Hasselblad 500 EL camera used
Earthrise
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Earthrise is a photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most infl
The Blue Marble
…Fuller, who offered to help Brand with his project. Several of the pins made their way to NASA employees. In the same year the popular photograph Earthrise was taken by William Anders of Apollo 8 and eventually in 1969 the crew of Apollo 10 took a photo of the almost completely illuminated Earth, which was…
Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders
Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders
Color-calibrated version
Color-calibrated version
The first photograph of Earth from the Moon by a person, also by Anders, taken shortly before Earthrise (for a colorized version see this image)
The first photograph of Earth from the Moon by a person, also by Anders, taken shortly before Earthrise (for a colorized version see this image)