The Blue Marble
How a Photograph Revealed Earth's Fragile Beauty (Captured World History)
Don Nardo
A group of astronauts journey to the moon in 1972 to collect soil and rock samples. But what they didn't expect was to capture an iconic photograph of planet Earth, the Blue Marble, floating alone in space. Discover the story behind one of the most recognized photos in history and the mystery of who actually took it.
Publish Date
2014-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
2014-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.2
ISBN
0756547326
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2022-12-07T20:20:16.000Z
There's a book I recommend about this photo, written for middle-grade kids but highly informative for all ages: The Blue Marble, by Don Nardo. Part of Compass Point Books' excellent series on photos that changed society.
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