Apollo 17 Marble. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1972. The original caption is reprinted below.
A real time interactive journey through the apollo 17 mission. The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the moon at a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 300 hours of audio 22 hours of video 4 200 photos. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.