File:La Terre vue de l'Apollo 17.jpg

Description

English: "The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph 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 29,000 kilometres (18,000 mi). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Français : "The Blue Marble" est une célèbre photographie de la Terre prise le 7 Décembre 1972, par l'équipage d'Apollo 17 satellites en route vers la Lune à une distance d'environ 29000 km (18 000 mi). Il montre l'Afrique, l'Antarctique, et la péninsule arabique.

Date

7 December 1972

Source

Image refaite directement à partir du fichier source NASA AS17-148-22727.
Image redone directly from the source AS17-148-22727 NASA file.

Author

NASA

Permission
(Reusing this file)

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Other versions

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Other versions:

Scan of original 70 mm film, AS17-148-22727
Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, original orientation
Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, north up
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 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)
Color corrected
2,320×2,407 (2.33 MB)
Image redone with colors
2,400x2,400 (3.33 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)