The "Blue Marble" image of Earth snapped by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972 is one of the most famous photos ever taken. When it appeared, we all suddenly saw the world in a much different way.

The new Earth photos, which NASA scientists have dubbed "Blue Marble" views, come from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite. The minivan-size spacecraft is the first of ...

But while “Blue Marble” didn’t create an overnight revolution, it came to play an important role in the growing environmental movement. The first Earth Day had been celebrated on April 22 ...

Apollo 17 gave us the first full photo of Earth in 1972, and the world was never the same again: Since then, various satellites and craft have taken Blue Marble-style photos. The last notable one ...

Earthrise shows a partial Earth, rising up from the moon's surface. In Blue Marble, the Earth appears in the center of the frame, floating in space. It is possible to clearly see the African ...

It wasn't until 1946 that humans first saw what the Earth looked like from space. These iconic images of our planet now include "Blue Marble," "Pale Blue Dot," and "Earthrise." The farthest is ...

of Earth in its "Blue Marble" series. The series name comes from astronaut photos of Earth taken from space in 1972. Those first images helped create an awareness of the Earth as one unified ...

"And I think that's part of what was so special about the 'Blue Marble' photo." On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the ...