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Whole Earth from space, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. Artist: Unknown

Whole Earth from space, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. Artist: Unknown

1-156-405 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Whole Earth from space, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. This was the first photograph of the south polar ice cap. Most of Africa is visible, together with the Arabian Peninsular and Madagascar. Credit: ARPL/NASA.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Medium
  1. Photograph
Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Arabian Peninsula

  1. 25 00 00 N , 045 00 00 E

World Africa Madagascar

  1. 20 00 00 S , 047 00 00 E

World Africa

  1. 02 23 00 N , 016 04 00 E

World Antarctica

  1. 83 50 37 S , 065 43 30 E
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Natural Phenomena

Locations & Buildings Other

Science & Nature Astronomy

Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3749x2797
File Size : 30,721kb

Aliases

  1. 000828
  1. 000828
  1. 0390003160
  1. 1-156-405
  1. 1156405
  1. 3160
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