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Apollo 17 blue marble image.
Evans command module pilot.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Apollo 70mm camera.
The original caption is reprinted below.
This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
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The blue marble reproduces the images of the earth traveling towards the moon as captured by the apollo.
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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.
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