Image: The Blue Marble (remastered)
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Description: Full disk view 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 kilometres (18,000 mi). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Title: The Blue Marble
Credit: http://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/gallery/Apollo/17/Hasselblad%20500EL%2070%20mm https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/21081863984/
Author: NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans
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