No one is quite sure who took the photo as it was one of many, but the stunning sight of the beautiful "Blue Marble" that is our planet, alone against the backdrop of the void of space ...

Apollo 17 gave us the first full photo of Earth in 1972, and the world was never the same again: Since then, various satellites and craft have taken Blue Marble-style photos. The last notable one ...

The "Blue Marble" image of Earth snapped by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972 is one of the most famous photos ever taken. When it appeared, we all suddenly saw the world in a much different way.

The Blue Marble photo, showing Earth as Apollo 17 astronauts saw it. NASA The once-in-a-lifetime shot showcases the African continent, which is almost completely visible and backed by the swirling ...

The iconic photo, known as “Blue Marble,” was taken by NASA astronauts Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt on December 7 using a Hasselblad camera and a Zeiss lens ...

And on Monday, NASA and NOAA began posting online the 11 photos it takes every day, about 36 hours after they are captured. Since its release in 1972, the “Blue Marble” image has stood in for ...

On Monday, NASA released a photo of the entire sunlit side of Earth—the first since the original Blue Marble photo in 1972. NASA has released several similar images of Earth since then ...

The Blue Marble photograph, taken by the Apollo 17 spacecraft on December 7, 1972, is an iconic and inspiring image. The photograph shows the Earth in all its beauty and majesty, with the deep ...

Over time, the Apollo 17 photo became the event's banner image and part of the green movement's iconography, Muir-Harmony said. Prior to the "Blue Marble," campaign images had often focused on ...