The Blue Marble

Famous Photographs

The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by an astronaut aboard Apollo 17 while travelling to the Moon. The original NASA image, AS17-148-22727, shows Earth from the Mediterranean Sea to Antarctica, with the South Pole facing upward. A cropped, rotated and processed version became one of the most reproduced images in history. NASA later used the name for composite global image series released in 2012.

Taken: December 7, 1972
Mission: Apollo 17
NASA image name: AS17-148-22727

Sources and credits

Article: The Blue Marble (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q202014
Text: Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration: By Harrison Schmitt / Apollo 17. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Harrison Schmitt / Apollo 17, https://tothemoon.im-ldi.com/gallery/Apollo/17/6#AS17-148-22727
Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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