Nasa Blue Marble Man

Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth.

Nasa blue marble man. 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. The only reliable imagery of this was from nasa satellites. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. Larger image photo of robert simmon in front of the blue marble credit.

Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day. For example recently there was a volcanic eruption in the red sea. We basically confirmed the existence of a new island. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.

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. 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. Evans command module pilot.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. Nasa s blue marble pictures of earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation. Here you can browse their maximum resolution of four pixels per km as well as a slightly coarser night lights map enhanced by town names and national borders.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. So if i am looking for something specific i know where to look.

Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Night lights 2012 the black marble. The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations. Blue marble was initially created by nasa s goddard space flight center the night lights by noaa s.

A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. 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. And scientist astronaut harrison h. Published december 6 2012.