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Selected images from the space, with captions.
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NSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972, it was the first time that the trajectory...Includes a planetary profile and some pictures.
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Welcome to the Planets This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program Welcome to the Planets which was distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM Version 1.5...Detailed true-color images of the entire planet.
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Earth Observatory Newsroom: Blue Marble Next Generation A has been a world leader in space-based studies of our home planet. Our mission has always been to explore, to discover, and to understand the world in which we live from the unique vantage point of space, and to...An overview of the planet and its moon including general information, data, pictures, news, historical and mythological background.
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Earth The third planet from the Sun, it is the largest of the inner planets. Earth is the only planet known to support life and to have liquid water at the surface. Interior and Surface Atmosphere Magnetosphere Moon Climate and Global...Graphical collection of different views of our planet.
http://main.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
Earth's astronomical and physical measurements and statistics.
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3DEarth Earth facts The mean distance of the earth from the sun is 149,503,000 km (92,897,000 mi It is the only planet known to support life, although some of the other planets have atmospheres and contain water. The earth is not a perfect...Detailed qualitative and quantitative descriptions of the motion of the Earth including many diagrams and graphs.
http://www.tigerwave.com/spaceflight
Brief facts about the Earth.
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Facts and Info about the Planet Earth Earth is the planet in the Solar System we all are most familiar with. Although we use the Old English name Earth for our planet it has been called several other names by past civilisations, many of which will be...General information, some statistical data and links.
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Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest: orbit: 149,600,000 km (1.00 AU) from Sun diameter: 12,756.3 km mass: 5.972e24 kg Fun Stuff Earth ScreenSaver Watch the Earth from space with this 3D Screensaver; also shows...