NASA photos of Earth: Comparing the planet 1972 to 2015
The 1972 “Blue Marble” photo of Earth offered a previously unseen view of the world: A single image of the planet lit by the sun. In an instant, the image became iconic. Since that time, many satellite photos of Earth have been taken in different ways and from different views. Usually, because the …
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