In 1972, Apollo 17 crew was able to get the first full picture of the Earth. It was known as the Blue Marble because the Earth looks like a giant marble. The original Blue Marble image is the most reproduced image.
The New Blue Marble image above is the first full Earth image from the DSCOVR satellite. DSCOVR satellite is a venture with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and NOAA.
President Obama was very excited and proud of this image He tweeted out this image earlier today.
Just got this new blue marble photo from @NASA. A beautiful reminder that we need to protect the only planet we have. pic.twitter.com/JQ3174P0LF
— President Obama (@POTUS) July 20, 2015
Also check out the article about the Blue Marble history and this image at Medium.com.
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