The Blue Marble
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Owner:
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TheMissy
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Released:
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
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Origin:
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Washington, United States
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Recently Spotted:
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In Bunny lookout
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The Mission of this Blue Marble trackable is to travel it's namesake-- all over the Earth-- all continents, all countries, rural and urban and remote... and eventually return to it's home cache The Blue Marble (GC9YWG9) before heading out again to explore the Blue Marble Earth some more!
Blue Marble is VERY photogenic and wants to be photographed during it's travels. It's also quite the thrill-seeker and loves 3+ terrain.
The Blue Marble is an image of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, from a distance of about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 miles) from the planet's surface. Taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon, it is one of the most reproduced images in history.
The Blue Marble was the first clear color image taken by a person of an illuminated face of Earth. To the astronauts, the slightly gibbous Earth had the appearance and size of a glass marble, hence the name. The Apollo 17 image was released during a surge in environmental activism during the 1970s, became a symbol of the environmental movement, as a depiction of Earth's frailty, vulnerability, and isolation amid the vast expanse of space.
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