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The most famous photograph of Earth - the \u2018Blue Marble\u2019 shot captured by NASA astronauts on Apollo 17 - was taken on 7th December, 1972.\xa0\nThe deep blues of the ocean, the green continent of Africa, the yellow edges of the Arabian Peninsula, and the vast empty blackness all around our planet are memorably captured within it. But what can\u2019t be said with certainty is who actually took it - as all three members of the crew have claimed they snapped the iconic image.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly trace the origins of this moment back to Stewart Brand\u2019s counter-cultural \u2018Whole Earth\u2019 movement of the 1960s; explain how Jack Schmidt\u2019s presence in the Apollo crew was scientifically groundbreaking; and reveal why the photo was flipped before it was printed on the front page of newspapers\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018The Blue Marble Shot: Our First Complete Photograph of Earth\u2019 (The Atlantic, 2011): https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/the-blue-marble-shot-our-first-complete-photograph-of-earth/237167/\n\u2022 \u2018Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog, the book that changed the world\u2019 (The Guardian, 2013): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/05/stewart-brand-whole-earth-catalog\n\u2022 \u2018Our Blue Marble\u2019 (The Obama White House, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwqLzSiFqlE\n#70s #Space #Photography\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices