Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Italian Fly-over
Visualizations by
Alex Kekesi
Released on January 23, 2003
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 Italy to celebrate how far Earth science imagery has come since the days of Apollo 17.
Visualization Credits
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.
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