Nasa Big Blue Marble
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Nasa big blue marble. This animated globe shows the city lights of the world as they appeared to the new suomi npp satellite which has at least 10 times better light resolving power than previous night viewing satellites. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface. Adapted from the blue marble back to top.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory. The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space. Using data from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis aboard nasa s terra satellite scientists and data visualizers stitched together a full year s worth of monthly observations of the land surface coastal oceans sea ice and clouds into. To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.
Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. That spirit of sharing remains true today as nasa operates 18 of the most advanced earth observing satellites ever built.
Nasa s mission has always been to explore to discover and to understand the world in which we live from the unique vantage point of space and to share our newly gained perspectives with the public. The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations. Evans command module pilot. Published december 6 2012.
It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Nasa home. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Read text version. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Click the bottom right corner of the book to turn the pages.
It s so simple and easy that anyone can do exactly what i. Night lights 2012 the black marble. The big blue marble storybook. And scientist astronaut harrison h.
The blue marble is a fraud and in this video i expose it to be as such beyond a shadow of a doubt.