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Summary
The Blue Marble | |||
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Photographer |
NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either
Harrison Schmitt
or
Ron Evans
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Title |
The Blue Marble
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Part of | Apollo 17 | ||
Object type | photograph | ||
Genre | astrophotography | ||
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
.
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Date |
7 December 1972
date QS:P571,+1972-12-07T00:00:00Z/11
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Medium | 1 photograph: Hasselblad 500EL, Zeiss Planar 80 mm f/2.8 and 70mm Kodak Ektachrome film of type SO-368 | ||
Collection |
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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 |
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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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Object location | 26° 19′ 49″ S, 37° 25′ 13″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | -26.330278; 37.420278 |
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Licensing
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This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA . NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted ". (See Template:PD-USGov , NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy .) | ||
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