File:Blue Marble.jpg

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View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew 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. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the Northeast.

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current18:08, 31 May 2016Thumbnail for version as of 18:08, 31 May 20163,000 × 3,002 6.21 MBKarthikeyan KC talk | contributionsView of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew 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...
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