Nick Pepin

Feb 4, 2023 | petapixel.com | Nick Pepin |Oliver Grüner

In December 1972, NASA’s final Apollo mission (Apollo 17) took the iconic “Blue Marble” photo of the whole Earth. Many, including science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, had expected that the sight of Earth from afar would instill the belief that mankind’s future lay in space. Instead, it made Earth appear more unique, and has since become an icon of the global environmental movement. But that portrait is now a historical artifact.