Earth Big Blue Marble Photograph

A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.

Earth big blue marble photograph.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. New blue marble photo is jaw dropping. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.

In the nasa archive its formal designation is as17 148 22727 but it s commonly known as the blue marble shot. The blue marble photo that changed the world. We re showing the true original photograph with the south pole on top. Next generation is a series of images that show the color of the earth s surface for each month of 2004 at very high resolution 500 meters pixel at a global scale.

Evans command module pilot. But it was this 1972 photograph of earth taken by the apollo 17 astronauts that garnered the most notice and is forever enshrined as the best loved blue marble photo. Our first complete photograph of earth. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.

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. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.

This image shows south america from september 2004. 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. 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. And scientist astronaut harrison h.