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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 20 August 2006(2006-08-20). It was captioned as follows:

English: The Earth seen from Apollo 17.

العربية: الأرض كما شوهدت من ابولو 17.

Česky: Snímek planety Země z Apolla 17

Cymraeg: Y Ddaear, delwedd oddiwrth Apollo 17.

Dansk: Jorden set fra Apollo 17

Deutsch: Blick auf die Erde von der Apollo 17.

English: The Earth seen from Apollo 17.

Español: La Tierra vista desde el Apolo 17.

Eesti: Maa nähtuna Apollo 17-lt

Suomi: Apollo 17:n ottama kuva maapallosta.

Français : La Terre vue depuis Apollo 17.

Galego: The Blue Marble: Fotografía da Terra tomada, o 7 de decembro de 1972, pola tripulación do Apollo 17 na súa ruta cara a Lúa. Mostra África, a Antártida e a península Arábiga. Foi tomada a unha distancia de 45.000 km aproximadamente

Magyar: A Föld az Apollo–17-ről.

Italiano: La Terra vista dalla Apollo 17

日本語: アポロ17号から見た地球

ភាសាខ្មែរ: ផែនដីមើលពីអាប៉ូឡូ ១៧

한국어: 아폴로 17호에서 촬영한 지구 사진. 푸른 구슬이라고 불리운다.

Bân-lâm-gú: Tiàm Apollo 17-hō thài-kong pe-chûn téng-kôan, iōng thian-bûn-kiàⁿ khòaⁿ tē-kiû ê kéng-tì.

‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Jorda sett fra Apollo 17.

Nederlands: De Aarde gezien vanaf Apollo 17.

‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Jorda sett frå Apollo 17.

Polski: Ziemia widziana ze statku Apollo 17.

Português: A Terra vista desde a Apollo 17.

Русский: Вид Земли с космического корабля Apollo 17

Svenska: Jorden sedd från Apollo 17.

Türkçe: Apollo 17'den Dünyanın görünüşü.

‪中文(简体)‬: 从阿波罗17号飞船上看地球

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العربية: صورة الكلة الزرقاء الشهيرة التي تعتبر أول صورة لمنظر الارض الكامل. إلتقطت الصورة في 7 ديسمبر 1972 بواسطة طاقم مركبة الفضاء الامريكية ابوللو 17 عند مغادرتهم مدار الارض للقمر من على بعد حوالي 29,000 كيلومتر عن سطح الارض. إلتقط الطاقم صورة الكوكب الازرق بشكل متقن حيث كانت الشمس من ورائهم وهو ما سمح بإضائة ممتازة لكوكب الارض، حيث تظهر أفريقيا، أنتاركتكا والجزيرة العربية.

Deutsch: „Blue Marble“, die während des Fluges von Apollo 17 zum Mond am 7. Dezember 1972 entstandene Fotoaufnahme von der Erde (in der zur besseren Wiedererkennbarkeit um 180 Grad gedrehten Version).

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.

Español: "La canica azul". Imagen de la Tierra tomada desde el Apollo 17.

Français : «La bille bleue» : Photo de l'Afrique, de l'Antarctique et de la péninsule Arabique prise en route pour la lune par Harrison Schmitt ou Ron Evans lors de la mission Apollo 17 le 7 décembre 1972. Ce vol a été le dernier à quitter l'orbite terrestre, et le seul au cours duquel un géologue, Harrison Schmitt, s'est rendu sur la lune.

Italiano: Famosa fotografia della Terra ripresa il 7 dicembre 1972 dall'equipaggio della missione Apollo 17 diretta verso la Luna, da una distanza di circa 29.000 km.

Македонски: „Сината џамлија“ е позната фотографија на Земјата направена на 7 декември 1972 од екипажот на вселенското летало Аполо 17 патувајќи кон Месечината. Сликана е на растојание од 29.000 километри, а на неа се гледаат Африка, Антарктикот и Арапскиот Полуостров.

Português: A Bolinha Azul é uma fotografia famosa da Terra tirada a 7 de dezembro de 1972 durante a missão Apollo 17, quando se encontrava a caminho da Lua e a 29,000 quilómetros da Terra.

Русский: Вид Земли с космического корабля Аполлон-17. 7 декабря 1972 года.

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7 December 1972

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Smaller version: ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/miscellaneous/planetary/apollo/a17_h_148_22727.tiff as linked and thumbnailed by http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/midres/a17_h_148_22727.gif on http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a17_h_148_22727.html and converted to JPEG and uploaded by Ed g2s 22:41, 29 December 2004 (UTC)
Larger version: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/115334main_image_feature_329_ys_full.jpg as converted to JPEG and published by NASA using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows 13:09, 13 May 2005 and uploaded by Tom 02:25, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Higher-resolution but uglier image: apollo17_earth.tiff as contained by ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/hi-res/planetary/earth/apollo17_earth.tiff.gz and converted to JPEG with 100% quality using Paint.NET v3.5.5 by Jeff G. 06:15, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

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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 with white background.jpg - with white background; 2,790×2,776 (4.4 MB)
The Earth seen from Apollo 17 with.png - with transparent background; 2,790×2,776 (14.64 MB)
The Blue Marble.jpg - color corrected; 2,320×2,407 (2.33 MB)

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“

Earth - Apollo 17

Full Earth showing Africa and Antarctica

Apollo 17 hand-held Hasselblad picture of the full Earth. This picture was taken on 7 December 1972, as the spacecraft traveled to the moon as the last of the Apollo missions. A remarkably cloud-free Africa is at upper left, stretching down to the center of the image. Saudi Arabia is visible at the top of the disk and Antarctica and the south pole are at the bottom. Asia is on the horizon is at upper right. The Earth is 12,740 km in diameter. (Apollo 17, AS17-148-22727)

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1972-12-07
Distance/Range (km): N/A
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -30.,310.
Orbit(s): N/A

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: global view, clouds, water
Instrument: Hasselblad Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): Film Type - 70 mm
Instrument Field of View (deg): N/A
Filter: None
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: AS17-148-22727
Other Image ID number: N/A
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 72-096A-05C
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A
Other ID: N/A

Updated 29 January 2003, DRW.

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Earth from space

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:42, 17 October 2010		3,000 × 3,002 (6.21 MB)	Huntster	Reverted to version as of 02:25, 31 July 2005; new image is (in my opinion) technically inferior to the July 2005 image, and is not the featured picture that was voted upon. Upload new image to another filename if desired.
	06:16, 17 October 2010		3,720 × 3,796 (10.46 MB)	Jeff G.	*Higher-quality and higher-resolution image: apollo17_earth.tiff as contained by ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/hi-res/planetary/earth/apollo17_earth.tiff.gz and converted to JPEG with 100% quality using [[w:Paint.NET\|Paint.NET v3.5
	02:25, 31 July 2005		3,000 × 3,002 (6.21 MB)	Tom	larger image
	22:41, 29 December 2004		1,860 × 1,898 (762 KB)	Ed g2s	{{PD-USGov-NASA}}

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