Nasa Black Marble Poster
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Nasa black marble poster. The nasa black marble standard product 500 m is being processed on a daily basis within 3 5 hours after acquisition. Along with their primary purpose of supporting the short term weather prediction and disaster response communities they also provide new data for tracking wildfires gas flares and light pollution and have numerous socioeconomic uses such as proxying economic activity monitoring changes in. World satellite map day vs. This enables both near real time uses and long term monitoring applications.
At nasa jpl we strive to be bold in advancing the edge of possibility so that someday with the help of new generations of innovators and explorers these visions of the future can become a reality. The grand tour nasa space retro travel vintage jpl planets exploration science fiction scifi tourism astronaut geeky nerdy black wood framed art poster 14x20 4 1 out of 5 stars 10 49 97 49. Full 360 animated rotation in high definition resolution 1920x1080 1080p mov 49 3 mb 2012 animation. 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.
A fascinating poster of nasa s satellite view of earth during hours of darkness dubbed the black marble. 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. Nasa s black marble enables a wide range of applications for a broad spectrum of data users. Black marble poster three views of earth at night starting at 19.
The night side of our planet twinkles with light and the first thing to stand out is the cities. Nothing tells us more about the spread of humans across the earth than city lights asserts chris elvidge a noaa scientist who has studied them for 20 years. The 2016 earth at night image dubbed nasa s black marble was created with data from the suomi national polar orbiting partnership npp satellite launched in october 2011 by nasa the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and the u s. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
For additional information about the black marble products and applications visit nasa s black marble web site. World map city lights at night starting at 19. Night starting at 19. This new global view of earth s city lights is a composite assembled from data acqu.
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