The Big Blue Marble Image 2012

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The big blue marble image 2012.

Nasa s most amazing high def image of earth so far. The 2012 picture attracted over 3 million viewers on flickr image hosting website. Night lights 2012 the black marble. Big blue marble earth image taken in 2012 by nasa op 798 a blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s earth observing satellite suomi npp.

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.

The two way the space agency s latest composite image of earth offers a detailed view of north and central america. A new high definition version of the blue marble has been taken from the newest earth observation satellite. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. The picture is composed of data obtained by the visible infrared imager radiometer suite viirs instrument on board the suomi npp satellite on january 4 2012. 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. A composite image of the western hemisphere was released by nasa on january 25 2012 and was titled blue marble 2012.

A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. Evans command module pilot. The just renamed suomi npp satellite took numerous images on january 4 2012 and this. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. Deep space climate observatory. On february 2 2012 nasa released a companion to this new blue marble showing a composite image of the eastern hemisphere from data obtained on january 23 2012.