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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble European Fly-over
In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary Apollo 17 mission, NASA put together a special release highlighting one of the most popular photos taken during this mission. The photo (#AS17-148-22727) was taken on Dec. 7, 1972 from the Apollo 17 command module. Over the years, many other satellites have taken imagery of Earth, including Terra/MODIS. This animation uses a global mosaic derived from Terra/MODIS and flies us over Europe, Africa, and Asia to celebrate how far Earth science imagery has come since the days of Apollo 17.

Animation of a beauty shot fly-over that covers Africa, Asia, and Europe using the Blue Marble data mosaic.    Animation of a beauty shot fly-over that covers Africa, Asia, and Europe using the Blue Marble data mosaic.
Duration: 20.0 seconds
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Video slate image reads    Video slate image reads "Apollo 17: Blue Marble European Fly-over

Beauty shot fly-over of Europe using the 'Blue Marble' earth mosaic. The purpose of this animation is to show how far earth science satellite imagery has come since the taking of the famed Apollo 17 photo".

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Animation Number:2684
Completed:2002-11-21
Animator:Alex Kekesi (GST) (Lead)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Terra/MODIS
 Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation
Data Collected:2001/06-2001/09
Series:Apollo 17 30th Anniversary
Video:SVS2002-0029 *
Goddard TV Tape:G2002-089
Keywords:
SVS >> Wonderglobe
 
 
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