Introduction: The Blue Planet
Earthrise seen over the lunar limb during Apollo 11 mission to the moon in July 1969
Astronaut photography
URL: Mission AS11, photo frame
6552
Last access: 22.02.2008
View of the earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew travelling toward the moon
Astronaut photography. The hemisphere is completely illuminated by the sun,
opposite to the viewing direction of the camera. The African continent is almost completely visible, its colours vary between
the yellow deserts and dark green in the tropical rain forests.
URL: Mission AS17, 7 December 1972, photo frame
6552
Last access: 22.02.2008
Rainbow in the sky over a port entrance
Photograph, harbour of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 8 June 2001
Svetlana Patsaeva, Moscow State University, Russia