Blue Marble 2007

October 9 2007.

Blue marble 2007.

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. Nasa s earth observatory published. October 9 2007. These awards recognize nasa civil service employees and contractor personnel who demonstrate environmental leadership while carrying out nasa s primary mission.

And scientist astronaut harrison h. Nasa blue marble 2007 east release date. Blue marble 2002 source. 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.

Nasa blue marble 2007 west release date. 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. Nasa goddard space flight center reto stöckli. City lights as a beacon of human presence across the globe.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. There ceremony was held on september 22 2008 in newport news virginia.

This amazingly beautiful view of earth from space is a fusion of science and art a showcase for. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. The shape and texture of the land. 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.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. Next generation offers a year s worth of. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Evans command module pilot.

Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. Nasa headquarters emd is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 blue marble award for environmental and energy excellence demonstrated during fiscal year 2007. The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space. 2007 blue marble awards i am very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 nasa environment and energy awards the blue marble awards.

A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. Nasa goddard space flight center reto stöckli. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. City lights as a beacon of human presence across the globe.

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.