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 sight ...

“The Blue Marble” is the first fully illuminated photograph of Earth taken from outer space in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew as they made their way to the moon. Though blurry and partial images of Earth, ...

This Blue Marble Version 2.0 add-on overlays a beautiful image of the Earth created by NASA, called the Blue Marble Next Generation, when viewing Google Earth from space. When you get get closer to ...

On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the vast African continent and south polar ice cap, all set against the deep blue of our ...

NASA’s “Blue Marble” is a beautiful series of high-resolution cloudless pictures of the Earth from space. Their most famous version was generated in 2002 and has been used widely by a variety of ...

Nasa’s new ‘Blue Marble’ photograph, taken on December 8 2022. DSCOVR/NASA, Author provided (no reuse) The first photos taken of Earth from space were momentous historical events. In 1966, the robotic ...