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.
Blue marble 2007.
Nasa blue marble 2007 west release date.
City lights as a beacon of human presence across the globe.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
October 9 2007.
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.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Nasa goddard space flight center reto stöckli.
Evans command module pilot.
Nasa blue marble 2007 east release date.
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.
The shape and texture of the land.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Nasa goddard space flight center reto stöckli.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
Nasa s earth observatory published.
The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.
Next generation offers a year s worth of.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
Blue marble 2002 source.
October 9 2007.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
This amazingly beautiful view of earth from space is a fusion of science and art a showcase for.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
This amazingly beautiful view of earth from space is a fusion of science and art a showcase for.
City lights as a beacon of human presence across the globe.
2007 blue marble awards i am very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 nasa environment and energy awards the blue marble awards.
The shape and texture of the land.
Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth.
These awards recognize nasa civil service employees and contractor personnel who demonstrate environmental leadership while carrying out nasa s primary mission.
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.
