Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet.
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The 2012 picture attracted over 3 million viewers on flickr image hosting website.
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Evans command module pilot.
Another set of images called the blue marble next generation was released in 2005 enabling the inclusion of cloud free for each month of 2004.
A composite image of the western hemisphere was released by nasa on january 25 2012 and was titled blue marble 2012.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
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Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
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And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface.
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