Original Blue Marble Nasa

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Original blue marble nasa. 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. The original caption is reprinted below. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 14 1990 by nasa s voyager 1 spacecraft.

The pale blue dot is an iconic photograph of earth taken on feb. 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. Like the original the blue marble.

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. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.

This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. Nasa s blue marble earth is a fake by dr. Next generation offers a year s worth of.

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. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. 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. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. 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. Eowyn when we think of earth this iconic image of the blue marble immediately comes to mind.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. And scientist astronaut harrison h. We ll call the above image blue marble i.

Also like its predecessor the new blue marble is available free of charge to educators scientists museums businesses. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.