Astranaut Said Blue Marble

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.

Astranaut said blue marble.

Rock stars presidents kids scientists artists explorers eco celebrities teachers business leaders even the dalai lama and the pope have received blue marbles and gotten their blue mind on. The original blue marble is thought by many to be. This new silhouette combines signature bomber elements with the classic mini parka shape in blue marble. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

And scientist astronaut harrison h. Glover is one of four astronauts who recently docked at the international space station as part. Blue marbles sharing random acts of blue gratitude round the world. You can see this gigantic bright blue marble set against the blackness of space and it s the most magnificent and incredible thing i ve ever seen.

The view of earth from orbit a delicate blue marble suspended in darkness without a state line or national border in sight beneath its wispy clouds stayed with nelson. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Evans command module pilot. Nasa astronaut victor glover took internet by storm with his first video of planet earth from space.

It w as the first full photo of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the american crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble the most beautiful you can imagine. The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers from the planet s surface.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. 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. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Libby at the slow coast can help you.

Born one day in 2009 when i handed a blue marble to my friend lebaron. Irwin astronaut apollo program. This was the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap despite the southern hemisphere being heavily covered in clouds. From hubble you see the curvature of the earth.