Blue Marble Original

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.

Blue marble original.

The blue marble from apollo 17. 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. 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. Next generation is a mosaic of satellite data taken mostly from a nasa sensor called the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer that flies board nasa s terra and aqua satellites.

Evans command module pilot. Old rare vintage antique civil war relic clay marble recovered atlanta georgia. The original caption is reprinted below. Also like its predecessor the new blue marble is available free of charge to educators scientists museums businesses.

This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. And scientist astronaut harrison h. We are looking for original work that hasn t been published anywhere else either online or in print.

Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Next generation offers a year s worth of. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. 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. 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. Send us your flash stories or something longer upper limit 1500 words.

Like the original the blue marble. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. Christensen agate cac vhtf blue lace swirl absolutely stunning rare marble.

The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations with a spatial resolution level of detail of 1 square kilometer per pixel. Blue marble review accepts submissions year round from writers ages 13 22. 16mm goldfish glass mega marble players 5 8th inch translucent orange rare. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.