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The Blue Marble-Earth from space, December 7,1972. Creator: NASA.

The Blue Marble - Earth from space, December 7, 1972. This famous photograph, known as The Blue Marble, was captured by the Apollo 17 astronauts on the same day that they left Earth on a Saturn V rocket developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The image became part of the official Earth Day flag. It is not known which of the three astronauts - Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans, and Harrison Schmitt - took the photo as all three men have always claimed it as their own.

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Title: The Blue Marble-Earth from space, December 7,1972. Creator: NASA.

Caption: The Blue Marble - Earth from space, December 7, 1972. This famous photograph, known as The Blue Marble, was captured by the Apollo 17 astronauts on the same day that they left Earth on a Saturn V rocket developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The image became part of the official Earth Day flag. It is not known which of the three astronauts - Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans, and Harrison Schmitt - took the photo as all three men have always claimed it as their own.

Personalities: HARRISON SCHMITT • EUGENE CERNAN

Technique/material: Photograph

Credit: Album / Heritage Space/Heritage Images

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Image size: 1536 × 1152 px | 5.1 MB

Print size: 13.0 × 9.8 cm | 604.7 × 453.5 in (300 dpi)

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