This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
Blue marble picture nasa.
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.
This animated globe shows the city lights of the world as they appeared to the new suomi npp satellite which has at least 10 times better light resolving power than previous night viewing satellites.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Evans command module pilot.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Published december 6 2012.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
In sharing these blue marble images nasa hopes the public will join with the agency in its continuing exploration of our world from the unique perspective of space.
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.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.