Nasa Blue Marble Print
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
Nasa blue marble print. 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. 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. 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. And scientist astronaut harrison h.
The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations with a spatial resolution level of detail of 1 square kilometer per pixel. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. 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. The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Published december 6 2012. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Evans command module pilot.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
This set of 2 prints on heavy photo quality paper features incredible images of planet earth from nasa.