Earth Big Blue Marble

This is the opening montage for the first 78 episodes of the tv show.

Earth big blue marble.

It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history. Big blue marble it was a half hour children s television series that ran from 1974 to. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Glass globe has 4 diameter and fits nicely in the hand.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. We re showing the true original photograph with the south pole on top. The earth looks blue because of water. This was the first time the apollo trajectory.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. The earth s a big blue marble when you see it from out there the sun and moon declare our beauty s very rare. Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet. A little white shows where there are clouds.

Some brown and green can be seen where there is land. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Big blue marble features the planet earth showered by twinkling silver flitter. Join anwar knight one of canada s most loved forecasters and affable tv personalities as he welcomes provocative guests for an unprecedented spin around the big blue marble.

Attached resin base is piano black with a matte finish. Folks are folks and kids are kids we share a common name we speak a different way but work and play the same. Distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen pal club that encouraged intercultural communication. Big blue marble was a half hour children s television series that ran from 1974 to 1983 on numerous syndicated and pbs tv stations.

When you look at earth from space it looks like a big blue marble. Earth has lakes rivers and oceans. We sing pretty much alike enjoy spring pretty much alike peace and love we all understand and laughter we use the very same brand. But it was this 1972 photograph of earth taken by the apollo 17 astronauts that garnered the most notice and is forever enshrined as the best loved blue marble photo.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Most of earth is covered with water. Listen along as he presents a front line view of what s happening right now on our planet and the efforts to help save it. The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface.

Packaged in an attractive cushioned gift box ready for presentation. Evans command module pilot. The blue marble photo that changed the world.