50 Years Ago, Apollo Crew Gave Humanity a Christmas Gift: Our First Gaze at ‘the Blue Marble’ Still Inspiring us Today

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50 Years Ago, Apollo Crew Gave Humanity a Christmas Gift: Our First Gaze at ‘the Blue Marble’ Still Inspiring us Today​

By Andy Corbley Dec 23, 2022

"The astronauts of the Apollo 17 mission left a Christmas gift under the tree for all of humanity as they traveled on their way to the Moon.
“The Blue Marble” is still one of the most inspiring images of our Earth ever taken, and it was 50 years ago on Christmas Eve that they did so.
Using Hasselblad photography equipment, Ronald Evans, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt captured the blue Indian and Atlantic oceans flanking a giant Africa over-swirled by puffy clouds—all of which was framed by the backdrop of black oblivion."

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