Nasa Blue Marble Earth
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Nasa blue marble earth. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.
Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. In sharing these blue marble images nasa hopes the public will join with the agency in its continuing exploration of our world from the unique perspective of space. Published december 6 2012. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
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. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. Night lights 2012 the black marble. Evans command module pilot.
And scientist astronaut harrison h. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.