Nasa Blue Marble Navigator
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
Nasa blue marble navigator. The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations. The images show how the surface would look to a human in space if our world had no clouds and no atmosphere. Nasa s next generation blue marble imagery available here is a set of 12 monthly composite images of the entire earth using 500 meter resolution imagery from the modis satellite the blue marble navigator offers a convenient interface to view this imagery along with several other useful options. To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.
There is one blue marble image for each month of the year 2004. And scientist astronaut harrison h. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. 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.
Nasa s terra satellite collected these images. Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet. After selecting your initial location from a world map the main interface comes up. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. Blue marble navigator nasa s blue marble pictures of earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation. Next generation images show earth in true color.
The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.