TODAY'S SCIENCE TRIVIA: On December 7, 1972, a space shutterbug snapped a stolen shot that shocked science and stunned society.
Astronaut Photo AS17-148-22727 is an image that pretty much everyone has seen at least once in their lifetime: an almost fully illuminated, glass-like sphere, with swirls of white across its deep blue surface. Aptly nicknamed "The Blue Marble," this iconic snapshot of our planet is attributed to the three-man crew of Apollo 17, NASA's final Apollo mission. "The Blue Marble" is one of, if not the most widely reproduced and distributed photo ever.
