Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Blue marble earth image.
This image shows south america from september 2004.
On december 1972 a crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft captured a famous image of the earth from a distance of 45 000 kilometers which has been known as the blue marble image.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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 npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
Evans command module pilot.
The image is officially designated as as17 148 22727 by the nasa.
Next generation is a series of images that show the color of the earth s surface for each month of 2004 at very high resolution 500 meters pixel at a global scale.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.