NASA 1972 'The Blue Marble' Large Slide Transparency Slide AS17-148-22727

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NASA 1972 'The Blue Marble' Large Slide Transparency Slide AS17-148-22727

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This NASA produced large transparency slide was sent out along with a mimeograph of the information pertaining to the image. The Apollo 17 view of earth is beautiful and shows for the first time the Mediterranean extending all the way to the Antarctic south polar ice cap. The transparency comes in the original sleeve with the number written on the plastic sleeve and also the info on a 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper. The slide over all edge to edge is 3” x 4.75” and the actual image is about 2.25”
x 2.25” very highly detailed shot.

Image info is:

AS17-148-22727 (7 Dec. 1972) --- This view of Earth was seen by the Apollo 17 crew as they traveled toward the moon on their NASA lunar landing mission. This outstanding trans-lunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the northeastern edge of Africa. The large island off the coast of Africa is the Malagasy Republic. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the northeast. The Apollo 17 crew consisted of astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander; Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot; and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) to explore the moon, astronaut Evans remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.

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