File:The Blue Marble (remastered).jpg

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A full disk of the Earth, centered on the sea off Mozambique, as taken by the crew of Apollo 17 on 7 December 1972, from 29,400 km (18,300 mi) above. Africa, Southwest Asia and Antarctica are shown.


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The Blue Marble  wikidata:Q202014 reasonator:Q202014
Photographer
NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Blue Marble
Part of Apollo 17 Edit this at Wikidata
Object type photograph Edit this at Wikidata
Genre astrophotography Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Full disk view 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 29,400 kilometres (18,300 mi). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Date 7 December 1972
date QS:P571,+1972-12-07T00:00:00Z/11
Medium 1 photograph: Hasselblad 500EL, Zeiss Planar 80 mm f/2.8 and 70mm Kodak Ektachrome film of type SO-368
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS17-148-22727.

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Notes The end of most film magazines used on the Apollo missions include a photograph, presumably taken on earth, of a "KODAK Color Control Patch" on a chart containing mission and camera data. This color chart was used to calibrate the above photograph to better approximate real-world colors.
Earth disk center rough coordinates: 26°19’49”S 37°25’13”E
References https://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/gallery/Apollo/17/Hasselblad%20500EL%2070%20mm
Source http://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/gallery/Apollo/17/Hasselblad%20500EL%2070%20mm https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/21081863984/
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  • Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, original orientation
    Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, original orientation
  • Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, north up
    Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, north up
  • Rescanned and color-calibrated with mission color chart. 3,000×3,000 (5.6 MB)
    Rescanned and color-calibrated with mission color chart.
    3,000×3,000 (5.6 MB)
  • With white background 2,790×2,776 (4.4 MB)
    With white background
    2,790×2,776 (4.4 MB)
  • With transparent background 2,790×2,776 (14.64 MB)
    With transparent background
    2,790×2,776 (14.64 MB)
  • Larger photoshopped JPEG version; possibly more useful for articles 4,463×4,163 (5.9 MB)
    Larger photoshopped JPEG version; possibly more useful for articles
    4,463×4,163 (5.9 MB)
  • Color corrected 2,320×2,407 (2.33 MB)
    Color corrected
    2,320×2,407 (2.33 MB)
  • Image redone with colors 2,400x2,400 (3.33 MB)
    Image redone with colors
    2,400x2,400 (3.33 MB)
  • Reversed (allegedly original) orientation 3,000×3,002 (9.33 MB)
    Reversed (allegedly original) orientation
    3,000×3,002 (9.33 MB)
  • '"The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth' 2,400x2,400 (2.98 MB)
    '"The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth'
    2,400x2,400 (2.98 MB)

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Object location26° 19′ 49″ S, 37° 25′ 13″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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