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First movie of Earth from space made without a human camera operator (contrast to Titov's 1961 movie) [35] April 24, 1967 [36] Surveyor 3: First images and view of a sunset and sunrise over Earth at the same time, a solar eclipse by Earth (a celestial body other than the Moon), from the Moon's surface. [37] [38] April 30, 1967
The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by either Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon.Viewed from around 29,400 km (18,300 mi) from Earth's surface, [1] a cropped and rotated version has become one of the most reproduced images in history.
Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from an unprecedented distance of approximately 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of that day's Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.
The Day the Earth Smiled is a composite photograph taken by the NASA spacecraft Cassini on July 19, 2013. During an eclipse of the Sun , the spacecraft turned to image Saturn and most of its visible ring system , as well as Earth and the Moon as distant pale dots.
The Orion spacecraft's record-setting distance from Earth made for stunning photography, apparently. NASA has shared a photo taken by the Artemis I vehicle on Monday showing both Earth and the ...
Flag of Earth proposed by James W. Cadle in 1970. In May 1970, James W. Cadle, a farmer from Homer, Illinois, proposed his version of the flag of Earth, that consisted of a blue circle representing the Earth, placed in the centre of the flag, in front of a segment of a larger yellow circle, representing the Sun, placed on the left side of the map, and a smaller white circle, representing the ...
Fifty years to the day after taking the photo, William Anders observed, "We set out to explore the moon and instead discovered the Earth." [18] In October 2018, two of the craters seen in the photo were named Anders' Earthrise and 8 Homeward by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) of the International Astronomical Union ...
Our world is a pretty special place, full of breathtaking sights, awesome people, vibrant plants, and majestic wildlife. However, we tend to take it for granted, forgetting how incredible it is.