Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Drift-in (2003)

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The photo (#AS17-148-22727) was taken on Dec. 7, 1972 from the Apollo 17 command module. It was the first full Earth photograph revealing the Antarctic continent. Over the years, many other satellites have taken imagery of Earth, including Terra/MODIS. This animation uses a global mosaic derived from Terra/MODIS. As a tribute to its predecessor, this Blue Marble data set has been aligned to the same angle and pitch that the famous Apollo 17 photograph was taken. Note: Animation of the Blue Marble Earth starting from the same angle as the Apollo 17 Earth photo. This animation does a slight push-in to the Blue Marble data set and is match-framed to animation #2682 (the original Apollo photo) for a post-production transition. Data Collected: 2001/06-2001/09. Animator: Alex Kekesi (GST). Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Terra/MODIS, Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation.

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