Sep 6, 2019
9 min read
Selfie of the Earth
Want to use land wisely? Then analyse the ‘skin’ of the Earth
It was the seventh of December, 1972. That was when Planet Earth’s wireless, remote-controlled selfie camera, the Apollo 17, turned around and took the first ever photo of the entire planet at once. This picture was taken at a far distance, and gave to the viewer a general impression of what the Earth looked like.
