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.
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This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Since the seventies earth observation satellites have recorded data of our atmosphere the oceans and the land surface to improve our understanding of the earth as a system.
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Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Evans command module pilot.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
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.
Nasa s blue marble project presents freely available photorealistic maps of our planet earth.
The blue marble project.
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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.
The blue marble was an iconic image because it perfectly represented the human condition of living on an island in the universe with all the frailty an island ecosystem is prey to.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The software quickly grew in popularity over that first decade and has maintained its reputation as the best coordinate conversion solution on the market.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.