File:Apollo 17 Blue Marble original orientation (AS17-148-22727).jpg

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The origin photo of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ image, depicting Earth (with the continents of Antarctica on top and Africa plus the Arabian Peninsula near the bottom) from roughly 29,400 km away, on 7 December 1972 at 10:39 UTC

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Taken with a Hasselblad 500EL camera and 80mm Zeiss lens at stop setting f/2.8 on 70mm Ektachrome film of type SO-368
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English: NASA original caption: View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew on December 7, 1972, traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the northeastern edge of Africa. The large island off the east coast of Africa is the Republic of Madagascar. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the northeast.
Altitude: Roughly 29,400 km (18,300 miles)
Image center rough coordinates: 17°10'50"N 21°45'19"E
Earth disk center rough coordinates: 26°19’49”S 37°25’13”E
Date UTC
Source http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-148-22727 (image link)
Author NASA
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North-up orientation
Object location26° 19′ 49″ S, 37° 25′ 13″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS17-148-22727.

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current08:40, 30 October 2021Thumbnail for version as of 08:40, 30 October 20212,400 × 2,400 (5.97 MB)Huntster (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 08:21, 6 June 2015 (UTC); the differences are enough that this needs ot be uploaded to a new filename, but no source was given for this new version. Where did this significantly higher resolution come from...just a cleaned up version of File:EarthOverAfrica.jpg?
03:27, 30 October 2021Thumbnail for version as of 03:27, 30 October 20214,400 × 4,600 (2.72 MB)Mistedspectacle (talk | contribs)higher resolution & color correction
08:21, 6 June 2015Thumbnail for version as of 08:21, 6 June 20152,400 × 2,400 (5.97 MB)Huntster (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew on December 7, 1972, traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is th...

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