7 of the most iconic photos of Earth taken from space

Dec 11 2022 by Business Insider

 
This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on Dec. 7, 1972, by the crew of Apollo 17.

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It wasn't until 1946 that humans first saw what the Earth looked like from space. These iconic images of our planet now include "Blue Marble," "Pale Blue Dot," and "Earthrise." The farthest is from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which captured Earth from 3.7 billion miles away. The first photo of Earth from space, taken just 65 miles above our planetThe first shot of Earth from space captured by a camera...
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