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Viewers of a certain age (including my own) may remember the children's TV show Big Blue Marble—reminiscent of the photograph of our water world taken by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972 (top).I ...
SpaceX recently shared some stunning footage captured from the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The clip (below) shows Earth from thousands of miles away, with ocean, land, and cloud ...
One of the most famous photos ever taken is NASA’s Blue Marble - a beautiful picture of Earth from space taken on 7 December, 1972. The brown and green of Africa makes way to the white of Antarctic ...
A new satellite photograph of Earth depicts our planet in all its aquatic splendor, revealing a truth somewhat obscured in the original Blue Marble image. That photograph is among the defining ...
A drive to inspire children to learn more about the Earth motivated Gabriella Francine to found Big Blue Marble Books, her first foray into book publishing.