On december 1972 a crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft captured a famous image of the earth from a distance of 45 000 kilometers which has been known as the blue marble image.
Blue marble earth image.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
Next generation is a series of images that show the color of the earth s surface for each month of 2004 at very high resolution 500 meters pixel at a global scale.
Evans command module pilot.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This image shows south america from september 2004.
The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
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.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.