The Blue Marble Was Shot Upside Down
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The original Apollo 17 'Blue Marble' photograph, shot on a Hasselblad on 7 December 1972, was framed with the South Pole at the top. The version reproduced everywhere has been rotated 180 degrees from the original frame.
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