Posts tagged "Blue Marble"

Blue Marbles! The Earth At 28,000 Miles

Posted by Jim - February 15, 2012 - Astrophysics, Cameras - Photographic and Video, Celestial Lighting, Just Plain AWESOME., Light and Nature, Light and Photography, photographers

So back on the 7th of December 1972 , Appollo 17 was about 28,000 miles away from the surface of the Earth, and they decided HEY! Let's tweet this cool photo of the Earth that nobody but us can see! (Of course I kid, everybody knows that MySpace was the *only* Social Media place back [...]

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