The "Blue Marble" image of Earth snapped by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972 is one of the most famous photos ever taken. When it appeared, we all suddenly saw the world in a much different way.

The Black Marble 2012 was captured by Suomi, a NASA/NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather satellite that was launched last year to give us a better view of the Earth's ...

The new Earth photos, which NASA scientists have dubbed "Blue Marble" views, come from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite. The minivan-size spacecraft is the first of ...

NASA has dubbed the new image “Black Marble” -- a play off the original “Blue Marble” of Earth taken by the Apollo 17 crew on December 7, 1972. Mike Massimino, a former astronaut ...

"And I think that's part of what was so special about the 'Blue Marble' photo." On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the ...