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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 kilometers (18,000 statute miles). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Date	7 December 1972
Source	http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a17_h_148_22727.html
Author	NASA
Other versions	The Blue Marble 4463x4163.jpg - Larger photoshopped JPEG version, which is more useful for articles; 4,463×4,163 (5.9 MB) The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg - Photoshopped JPEG version, which is more useful for articles; 3,000×3,002 (6.21 MB) The Earth seen from Apollo 17 with white background.jpg - with white background; 2,790×2,776 (4.4 MB) The Blue Marble.jpg - color corrected; 2,320×2,407 (2.33 MB) Derivative works of this file: Gps-atmospheric-efects.png Universal gravitational mass.PNG Category:Files with derivative versions

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