Earth from the Meditteranean sea to Antarctica, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. Creator: NASA.

Earth from the Meditteranean sea to Antarctica, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. Creator: NASA.

2-701-591 - Heritage Space/Heritage Images

Earth from the Meditteranean sea to Antarctica, 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.


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People Information

Creator
  1. NASA, attributed to: American:

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

Science & Nature Weather & Seasons

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Natural Phenomena

Science & Nature Astronomy

Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5358x4091
File Size : 64,218kb


Aliases

  1. 0920000015
  1. 2-701-591
  1. 2701591

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