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Description	English: "The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 statute miles). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Date	7 December 1972
Source	http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a17_h_148_22727.html
Author	NASA
Other versions	The Blue Marble 4463x4163.jpg - Larger photoshopped JPEG version, which is more useful for articles; 4,463×4,163 (5.9 MB) The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg - Photoshopped JPEG version, which is more useful for articles; 3,000×3,002 (6.21 MB) The Earth seen from Apollo 17 with white background.jpg - with white background; 2,790×2,776 (4.4 MB) The Blue Marble.jpg - color corrected; 2,320×2,407 (2.33 MB) Derivative works of this file: Gps-atmospheric-efects.png Universal gravitational mass.PNG

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:40, 24 July 2022	2,790 × 2,776 (14.64 MB)	JCP-JohnCarlo	Reverted to version as of 15:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
	21:15, 7 March 2022	2,690 × 2,700 (32.82 MB)	Aaron1a12	Crop
	21:08, 7 March 2022	3,000 × 3,000 (33.7 MB)	Aaron1a12	Brighter version, more suited for graphic illustrations
	17:14, 17 October 2016	2,790 × 2,776 (14.64 MB)	Ariadacapo	Reverted to version as of 15:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC) -- unexplained request for 90° rotation
	08:00, 16 October 2016	2,776 × 2,790 (10.1 MB)	SteinsplitterBot	Bot: Image rotated by 90°
	15:43, 15 June 2010	2,790 × 2,776 (14.64 MB)	Cody escouade delta	size
	18:20, 4 June 2010	603 × 600 (693 KB)	Cody escouade delta	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1="The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 statute miles). It shows Africa