Blue Marble Project

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Blue marble project.

All rights reserved blue marble 2015 blue marble 2015. Project management transformation analyst fieldcore a division of ge for our organization blue marble s impact has been immediate and tremendous. And scientist astronaut harrison h. 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.

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 marbles project has set out to pass a blue marble through every person s hand on earth with a simple message of gratitude along with it. Carl sagan pale blue dot. This was the first time the apollo trajectory.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Since the seventies earth observation satellites have recorded data of our atmosphere the oceans and the land surface to improve our understanding of the earth as a system. Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. The blue marble project.

Nasa s blue marble project presents freely available photorealistic maps of our planet earth. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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. Blue marble review accepts submissions year round from writers ages 13 22.

We accept memoir personal essays travel stories opinion pieces and miscellaneous but well written rants all up to 1500 words. Blue marble was highly capable responsive flexible with our needs for support and was able to work within our timeline and budget for completion doug d orsi pmp. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.

Next generation offers a year s worth of. 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. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Send us your flash stories or something longer upper limit 1500 words.

The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.