De quoi « Blue Marble » est-elle l’image ?

La photographie « Blue Marble », prise en 1972 lors de la mission Apollo 17 a été largement diffusée par la NASA. Elle est devenue emblématique d’une prise de conscience écologique universelle. Son succès en a fait une icône et même si elle ne peut être considérée comme fictionnelle à proprement parler elle sert de support à des récits visant à stimuler l’imaginaire. /\ The photograph “Blue Marble,” taken in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission, has been widely publicized by NASA. It has become a symbol of universal environmental awareness. Its success has made it an icon, and even though it cannot strictly be considered fictional, it serves as a basis for narratives that aim to spark the imagination.

Gravity, film géospatial/Geospatial Movie

There is no representational spatial machinery in Gravity, the very impressive film by Alfonso Cuarón. No map, no device for locating characters, no screen for designatind targets. There is no computing tool in this sophisticated but somewhat abandoned technological world where manuals are in binders and where you crank up the retrorockets. In Gravity, you…

Earth attacks Mars ! La Terre à l’attaque de Mars !

The day of the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe, considered today as one of the biggest stars of American cinema, California received the first images of Mars. How could one fail to notice this dual event occurring on the same day, that the American entertainment world, and especially in California, wanted to produce as well…