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52 years ago today, Earth posed for its most famous portrait: The Blue Marble
ken 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.[2][3] In the original NASA image, named AS17-148-22727 and centered at about 26°19′49″S 37°25′13″E / 26.33028°S 37.42028°E with the South Pole facing upwards, The Blue Marble shows Earth from the Mediterranean Sea to Antarctica.
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