What is the true picture of the earth?
The Blue Marble is an image of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the Apollo 17 crew Harrison Schmitt and Ron Evans from a distance of about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 miles) from the planet’s surface.
Are there any real pictures of the Earth from space?
Today (July 20) NASA released an image from the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), marking the first full-disk Earth image released by the space agency since the Apollo era. Taking a photograph of the earth from low Earth orbit is like trying to take a selfie with your phone an inch in front of your nose.
Why does the earth look different in pictures?
They are some of the most revealing and fascinating images yet taken of Earth. For these images were not taken by Nasa, but by an orbiting Russian spacecraft, and the reason for the difference in Earth’s appearance can be attributed to a different method of interpreting data being beamed back.
Why don’t you see stars from the moon?
In space, or on the moon, there’s no atmosphere to spread the light around, and the sky will appear black at midday – but that doesn’t mean it’s not just as bright. Even in space, stars are relatively dim, and simply don’t produce enough light to show up in photos set for bright sunlight.
Why doesn’t NASA take pictures of Earth?
Even though we’ve had good, high-resolution cameras for nearly 100 years, NASA has never taken a true photograph of the Earth. By their own admission, all of the pictures we see are composites, paintings or computer-generated images.
Is it possible to take a picture of Earth from a satellite?
ALL JOLLY FASCINATING, but wouldn’t it be easier to simply take a photograph—just one photograph—from one of your oh-so-many ‘satellites’? Apparently not. The good folks at NASA tell us the only whole Earth ‘photos’ they have were taken during the Apollo 17 mission.
Are there any pictures of Earth taken by NASA’s Apollo missions?
The good folks at NASA tell us the only whole Earth ‘photos’ they have were taken during the Apollo 17 mission. The fact that this mission, along with all the other Apollo missions, never actually left the Earth, is going to make finding these shots problematic.
When was the last time someone took a picture of the Earth?
“The last time anyone took a photograph from above low Earth orbit that showed an entire hemisphere (one side of a globe) was in 1972 during Apollo 17. NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites were designed to give a check-up of Earth’s health.