In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary Apollo 17 mission, NASA put together a special release highlighting one of the most popular photos taken during that 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 the Andes Mountains to celebrate how far Earth science imagery has come since the days of Apollo 17.
Beauty shot flyover of the Andes Mountains using MODIS true color 'Blue Marble' data 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 earth photo".
Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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