The "Blue Marble" was the first photograph of the whole Earth and the only one ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface.

Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was photographed by Apollo ... The image is one of only a few to show an almost fully ...

NASA's images reveal Earth's deteriorating condition, a stark contrast to the iconic 'Blue Marble' photo. Decades of environmental neglect have led to melting glaciers, deforestation, and ocean ...

Its photograph of Earth, blue and radiant in darkness, moved hearts across the globe. Subsequently, there was Apollo 17 in 1972. The astronauts took the Blue Marble—photo AS17-148-22727 ...

Several years later, in 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured the "Blue Marble" photo—a fully illuminated image of Earth, from the South Pole to all continents. This photo became one of the most ...