File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg
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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
The Blue Marble
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The photo was taken by the crew of Apollo 17 on their way to the Moon. Antarctica, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, and part of Asia are visible.
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Title |
label QS:Les,"La canica azul"
label QS:Lis,"Bláa perlan"
label QS:Lms,"Guli Biru"
label QS:Lbg,"Синьото топче"
label QS:Ltr,"Mavi Bilye"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"藍色彈珠"
label QS:Lsv,"Den blå pärlan"
label QS:Luk,"Блакитна іграшкова куля"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"藍色彈珠"
label QS:Lzh-cn,"蓝色弹珠"
label QS:Lko,"푸른 구슬"
label QS:Leo,"Blua Globeto"
label QS:Lmk,"Сина џамлија"
label QS:Lbho,"दि ब्लू मार्बल"
label QS:Lbn,"দ্য ব্লু মার্বেল"
label QS:Lfr,"La Bille bleue"
label QS:Lhr,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lmr,"द ब्लू मार्बल"
label QS:Lvi,"Viên bi xanh"
label QS:Llv,"Zilā marmora bumbiņa"
label QS:Lsr,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lzh-sg,"蓝色弹珠"
label QS:Lsu,"Si Kaléci Biru"
label QS:Lckb,"کەلا شینەکە"
label QS:Lar,"البلية الزرقاء"
label QS:Lyue,"藍色波子"
label QS:Lhu,"Kék üveggolyó"
label QS:Leu,"Puxtarri urdina"
label QS:Lca,"La bala blava"
label QS:Lde,"Blue Marble"
label QS:Lga,"An Mirlín Gorm"
label QS:Lfa,"تیله آبی"
label QS:Lzh,"藍色彈珠"
label QS:Lja,"ザ・ブルー・マーブル"
label QS:Lhe,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lrmy,"I bodli marmura"
label QS:Lfi,"Sininen marmorikuula"
label QS:Lta,"தி புளூ மார்பிள்"
label QS:Lit,"Blue Marble"
label QS:Laz,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lbbc,"Garaga na biru"
label QS:Lcs,"Modrá skleněnka"
label QS:Lanp,"द ब्लू मार्बल"
label QS:Lsr-ec,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lbe-tarask,"Блю марбл"
label QS:Lro,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lpt,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lvo,"Maboin Blövik"
label QS:Lhi,"द ब्लू मार्बल"
label QS:Lnl,"Blue marble"
label QS:Llt,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lsl,"Modra frnikola"
label QS:Ltl,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lbe,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lhy,"Կապույտ մարբլ"
label QS:Lid,"Kelereng Biru"
label QS:Lpl,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lth,"เดอะบลูมาร์เบิล"
label QS:Lsh,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lsco,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lzh-tw,"藍色彈珠"
label QS:Lru,"The Blue Marble"
label QS:Lsc,"Sa Birìllia Asula"
label QS:Lgl,"A canica azul"
label QS:Let,"Sinine marmorkuul"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"蓝色弹珠"
label QS:Lsr-el,"The Blue Marble" |
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Description |
A version of The Blue Marble. |
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Date | This image was originally uploaded to the English Wikipedia by Deglr6328 on 04:05, 8 Mar 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | The image is from [1] (NASA mission AS17, roll 148, frame 22727), specifically the 4400x4600 version available there. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object location | 26° 19′ 49″ S, 37° 25′ 13″ E ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, original orientation
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Raw photograph, AS17-148-22727, north up
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Rescanned and color-calibrated with mission color chart.
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With white background
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With transparent background
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Larger photoshopped JPEG version; possibly more useful for articles
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Color corrected
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Image redone with colors
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Reversed (allegedly original) orientation
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'"The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth'
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Derivative works:
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earth
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GPS atmospheric effects for the Earth
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Universal gravitational mass for the Earth
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Order of magnitude for the Sun, Jupiter, Earth, and Moon
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Earth size comparison for the Moon
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Earth size comparison for the planet Venus
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Earth and Moon to scale with annotations
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Earth-Moon system to scale
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Captions
Earth (Antarctica, Africa and the Arabian Peninsula) as viewed from the Apollo 17 astronauts approximately 29,400 km away, on 7 December 1972 at 10:39 UTC
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26°19'49.001"S, 37°25'13.001"E
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current | 09:52, 28 October 2023 | ![]() | 2,320 × 2,407 (2.33 MB) | Mykhal | original significat historical photo was corrected in place, while there are corrected derivatives as separate related photos - Reverted to version as of 22:13, 20 March 2005 (UTC) |
05:11, 7 December 2011 | ![]() | 3,000 × 3,002 (6.69 MB) | Ultimate Roadgeek | The old version seemed too cyan-heavy. | |
22:13, 20 March 2005 | ![]() | 2,320 × 2,407 (2.33 MB) | Dbenbenn | different color version of Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg |
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