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

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Summary

 
Taken with a Hasselblad 500EL camera and 80mm Zeiss lens at stop setting f/2.8 on 70mm Ektachrome film of type SO-368
Description
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
Other versions
North-up orientation
Object location26° 19′ 49″ S, 37° 25′ 13″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
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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Captions

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

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

AS17-148-22727

created during: Apollo 17

The Blue Marble

based on: AS17-148-22727

Apollo 17

creator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

inception

7 December 1972

MIME type

image/jpeg

checksum

201af1b4f3be8e2129bc3ba7ff8ebb0c8f041c8c

determination method: SHA-1

data size

6,257,204 byte

height

2,400 pixel

width

2,400 pixel

main subject

Earth

coordinates of geographic center

26°S, 37°E

coordinates of depicted place

26°19'49.001"S, 37°25'13.001"E

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:40, 30 October 20212,400 × 2,400 (5.97 MB)HuntsterReverted 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 20214,400 × 4,600 (2.72 MB)Mistedspectaclehigher resolution & color correction
08:21, 6 June 20152,400 × 2,400 (5.97 MB)Huntster{{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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