Blue Marble, Kids' Puzzle

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Puzzles are an all-time favorite activity, and with your custom ideas, you can help youngsters have quality time by solving their own personalized kids' puzzle. Each puzzle is available in a toddler-friendly 30-piece pack featuring large pieces and rounded corners for added safety and peace of mind for parents. Each puzzle is made from chipboard and includes a reference photo to aid in solving the problem.

Material: laminated chipboard

One size: 30-piece puzzle - 14" x 11" (35.6 x 28cm)

Rounded corners

Comes in a box with a reference photo

Blue Marble:

Apollo 17 - 1972

The Apollo 17 "Blue Marble" is one of the most famous and widely reproduced photographs in human history, offering a rare, fully illuminated view of our planet.

Mission: Apollo 17 (the last crewed mission to the Moon).

Date Taken: December 7, 1972.

Location: The crew took the picture while the spacecraft was approximately 29,000 kilometers (18,000 miles) from Earth, about five hours after launch, and on its way to the Moon.

The Shot: This specific trajectory allowed the Sun to be directly behind the astronauts, fully illuminating the Earth—a rare condition in space photography. It was the first time humans captured a full view of the Earth from pole to pole. The image clearly shows the entire coastline of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Antarctic south polar ice cap, and a large cyclone in the Indian Ocean.

Photographer Credit: The official NASA credit is usually given to the entire Apollo 17 crew (Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt). While there is some ambiguity, it is widely believed that Harrison Schmitt took the photo as the crew passed the Hasselblad camera around. He was taking many of the Earth photos at the time.

The Last Human Photo: To this day, the "Blue Marble" is one of the last photographs of the whole Earth taken by a human being, as subsequent full-disk images are generally composite mosaics stitched together from satellite data

Image Credit: NASA