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.
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View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
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Evans command module pilot.
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.
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Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
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This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
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.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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 a year s worth of.
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Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth.
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This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
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.
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Published august 1 2004.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
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