Published december 6 2012.
Blue marble night map.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
Blue marble was initially created by nasa s goddard space flight center the night lights by noaa s.
I certainly never thought that i would become mr.
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.
Blue marble we have since updated the base maps by increasing the resolution and for 2004 we made a series of monthly maps.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
The images show how the surface would look to a human in space if our world had no clouds and no atmosphere.
Next generation images show earth in true color.
Nasa s terra satellite collected these images.
I was happy with it but had no idea how widespread it would become.
We never thought it would become an icon.
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.
Next generation offers a year s worth of.
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.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
That ball became the famous blue marble.
June blue marble next generation w topography.
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.
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.