It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
Apollo 17 blue marble image.
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Image of the day for january 31 2001.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
The apollo 17 crew included eugene ronald and jack and were the last to man an apollo 17 for a lunar mission.
Image of the day atmosphere land water.
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.
The blue marble reproduces the images of the earth traveling towards the moon as captured by the apollo.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
Evans command module pilot.
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