Apollo 17 Blue Marble

Evans command module pilot.

Apollo 17 blue marble.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. The blue marble from apollo 17 this page contains archived content and is no longer being updated. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the moon at a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles.

Blue marble one of the most widely known photographs of earth this image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as the crew made its way to the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972. The original caption is reprinted below. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. The blue marble from apollo 17 this translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

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. At the time of publication it represented the best available science. That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take. 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.