Blue Marble Base Map Nasa

Nasa s blue marble pictures of earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation.

Blue marble base map nasa.

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. We never thought it would become an icon. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. 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.

The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations. Clicking near the edge of the picture moves the focus into the respective direction clicking on its center zooms in and back out thus switching between 4 and 0 5 gigapixel. The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space. Blue marble was initially created by nasa s goddard space flight center the night lights by noaa s.

There is one blue marble image for each month of the year 2004. Night lights 2012 the black marble. I was happy with it but had no idea how widespread it would become. The shown section is 720 600 by default but can be resized using the and buttons at the top.

Published december 6 2012. Nasa lance fire information for resource management system provides near real time active fire data from modis and viirs to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires. Nasa s terra satellite collected these images. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.

I certainly never thought that i would become mr. Next generation images show earth in true color. Blue marble we have since updated the base maps by increasing the resolution and for 2004 we made a series of monthly maps. The images show how the surface would look to a human in space if our world had no clouds and no atmosphere.

That ball became the famous blue marble. 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. To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble. 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.

Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface. 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.