On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe.Clouds swirl over the vast African continent and south polar ice cap, all set against the deep blue of our ...
The "Blue Marble" was the first photograph of the whole Earth and the only one ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface. "I'll tell ...
Editor’s Note: In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. Clouds swirl over the vast African continent and ...