In the NASA archive its formal designation is AS17-148-22727 but it's commonly known as The Blue Marble Shot ... t supposed to be taking pictures. Photo sessions were scheduled events in a ...

No one is quite sure who took the photo as it was one of many, but the stunning sight of the beautiful "Blue Marble" that is our planet, alone against the backdrop of the void of space ...

A large part of Blue Marble’s lasting appeal surely has something to do with the fact that the proportions and the features on display in the photo are ... deep blue of the Atlantic and Indian ...

The Blue Marble photograph, taken by the Apollo 17 spacecraft on December 7, 1972, is an iconic and inspiring image. The photograph shows the Earth in all its beauty and majesty, with the deep ...

Because Suomi is only 512 miles (824km) up, it cannot see the whole of Earth at one time; instead, a bunch of separate photos are stitched together to create a complete Blue Marble. Suomi is a ...

In December 1972, Nasa’s final Apollo mission (Apollo 17) took the iconic “Blue Marble” photo of the whole Earth. Many, including science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke, had expected that ...

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 ...

Over time, the Apollo 17 photo became the event's banner image and part of the green movement's iconography, Muir-Harmony said. Prior to the "Blue Marble," campaign images had often focused on ...