Original Blue Marble Nasa

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Original blue marble nasa.

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 translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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 traveling toward the moon.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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. June blue marble next generation w topography. Also like its predecessor the new blue marble is available free of charge to educators scientists museums businesses.

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. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.

The original caption is reprinted below. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the. Evans command module pilot.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Next generation is a mosaic of satellite data taken mostly from a nasa sensor called the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer that flies board nasa s terra and aqua satellites. And scientist astronaut harrison h. Voyager 1 was speeding out of the solar system beyond neptune and about 3 7 billion miles 6 billion kilometers from the sun when mission managers commanded it to look back toward home for a final time.

This was the first time the apollo trajectory. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. The pale blue dot is an iconic photograph of earth taken on feb. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.

Next generation offers a year s worth of. Nasa s blue marble earth is a fake by dr. 14 1990 by nasa s voyager 1 spacecraft. Like the original the blue marble.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. 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.