Since we have escaped the bounds of gravity, visions of Earth have inspired and captured the imagination. Here are a few of the

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Since we have escaped the bounds of gravity, visions of Earth have inspired and captured the imagination. Here are a few of the most iconic views of our planet returned by both living astronauts and robotic spacecraft in orbit throughout the space age. High res files of all these images can be found here: ( ) Top row left to right: Blue Marble - Astronaut photograph 1972 Blue Marble 2002 Aqua Marble 2005 Bottom row left to right: Blue Marble 2012 White Marble 2012 Black Marble 2012

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Keywords: blue, earth, goddard, marble, nasa, space