Comments on: 40th anniversary of the Blue Marble photo http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sparg http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1602678 Sparg Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1602678 I had a form of this picture that you tilted to make the clouds move.  I even punched a coupla holes in the side so I could put it in my Trapper Keeper. I had a form of this picture that you tilted to make the clouds move.  I even punched a coupla holes in the side so I could put it in my Trapper Keeper.

]]> By: Woody Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1602213 Woody Smith Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1602213 It’s officially credited to the whole crew by NASA, since all three crewmembers used the Hasselblad from time to time.  But when I met the Apollo 17 crew on their return, as a reporter, both Commander Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt told me they thought it was Schmitt who took it.  That’s good enough for me.  One of the rare subjects I do know Jack Schmitt about.... It’s officially credited to the whole crew by NASA, since all three crewmembers used the Hasselblad from time to time.  But when I met the Apollo 17 crew on their return, as a reporter, both Commander Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt told me they thought it was Schmitt who took it.  That’s good enough for me.  One of the rare subjects I do know Jack Schmitt about….

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601924 mccrum Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601924 I concur, but there's definitely room in my life for both of them. I concur, but there’s definitely room in my life for both of them.

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601836 James Agenbroad Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601836 Not to mention the hippie link because it was used as the cover for the whole earth catalog.  At least as a "work of the United States government, it isn't subject to copyright. Not to mention the hippie link because it was used as the cover for the whole earth catalog.  At least as a “work of the United States government, it isn’t subject to copyright.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601730 Rich Keller Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601730 "The Earth's a big blue marble when you see it from out there..." popped into my head automatically as soon as I saw this post's title. “The Earth’s a big blue marble when you see it from out there…” popped into my head automatically as soon as I saw this post’s title.

]]> By: Danilo Albergaria http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601626 Danilo Albergaria Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601626 Sometimes I find this incredible. Sometimes I find this incredible.

]]> By: BonzoDog1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601617 BonzoDog1 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601617 I always preferred Earthrise from Apollo 8 on Christmas eve 1968, with the lunar terrain in the foreground. Got it hanging on my wall.  I always preferred Earthrise from Apollo 8 on Christmas eve 1968, with the lunar terrain in the foreground. Got it hanging on my wall. 

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601520 bklynchris Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601520 Anybody here old enough to remember that cool kid's show with the very cool theme song that I can't remember, "Big Blue Marble"? It had movies shorts about kids all over the world.  It was my first exposure to how kids lived in other parts of the world.  I wish I could get a copy of them for my kids (OK...me). Anybody here old enough to remember that cool kid’s show with the very cool theme song that I can’t remember, “Big Blue Marble”? It had movies shorts about kids all over the world.  It was my first exposure to how kids lived in other parts of the world.  I wish I could get a copy of them for my kids (OK…me).

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601428 mccrum Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601428 Much applause ot Jack Schmitt for likely getting this shot and the entirety of Apollo for getting him there in the first place. Much applause ot Jack Schmitt for likely getting this shot and the entirety of Apollo for getting him there in the first place.

]]> By: Jack Thompson http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601332 Jack Thompson Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601332 It just occurred to me, if this were shown today for the first time, that the first comments wherever it was posted would be about why it doesn't have North America in-frame and how fucked up it is that other continents/countries/people exist. Fuck, that's depressing. It just occurred to me, if this were shown today for the first time, that the first comments wherever it was posted would be about why it doesn’t have North America in-frame and how fucked up it is that other continents/countries/people exist.

Fuck, that’s depressing.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/40th-anniversary-of-the-blue-m.html#comment-1601333 Michael Smith Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199137#comment-1601333 Lots of nasty weather down south. Also: new screen background. Thanks. Lots of nasty weather down south.

Also: new screen background. Thanks.

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