World Map Blue Marble

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.

World map blue marble.

Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. 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. 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. World map iphone 11 case blue marble iphone 11 pro max case iphone 8 plus case blue ocean iphone x case blue map iphone xr case xs max atlas yourbestofcase.

Night lights 2012 the black marble. Those show the earth as it looks from space. Still i think my map adds something especially because of the color scheme for which i let myself be inspired by the famous blue marble maps by nasa. Next generation images show earth in true color.

Published december 6 2012. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. Favorite add to. Nasa s blue marble pictures of earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation.

Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Of course my version is a little less blue and a little more green and especially more yellow red and brown. 5 out of 5 stars 135 135 reviews 10 75. 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 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. Download gis software by blue marble geographics including global mapper geographic calculator and geographic tracker. Next generation offers a year s worth of. 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.

There is one blue marble image for each month of the year 2004. Subscribe to the blue marble monthly newsletter to stay up to date with inside information about upcoming product releases special offers training opportunities software tutorials and a chance to win a copy of global mapper each month. The images show how the surface would look to a human in space if our world had no clouds and no atmosphere. The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.