Blue Earth Marble

Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of.

Blue earth marble.

The blue marble は 1972年 12月7日にアポロ17号の乗組員によって 地球からおよそ4万5千キロメートル 2万8千マイル の距離から撮影された 1 著名な地球の写真である 英語で 青いビー玉. This image shows south. And to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot the only home we ve ever known. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

Blue marble earth at night earth from afar modis image of the day modis rapid response national parks rapid response gallery show all image size large medium small view all sizes start date. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. 720 x 360. 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.

Rather the television infrared observation satellite known as tiros beamed home images in black and white. Still those earliest images showed that a yet unproven method of observing the earth from space would help improve weather forecasts. 1 2 3 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. Blue earth marble with natural earth continents recycled glass 5 in a pouch 1 inch diameter 17 88.

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. Evans command module pilot. History of the blue marble the earth didn t appear blue in nasa s first satellite images. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.

For more replay from the beginning blue marble earth. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. Carl sagan the pale blue dot excerpt.