The Big Blue Marble Image 2012

Published december 6 2012.

The big blue marble image 2012.

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. A composite image of the western hemisphere was released by nasa on january 25 2012 and was titled blue marble 2012. A companion of the blue marble 2012 covering the eastern hemisphere was released by nasa on february 2 2012.

The just renamed suomi npp satellite took numerous images on january 4 2012 and this. Evans command module pilot. The two way the space agency s latest composite image of earth offers a detailed view of north and central america. The 2012 picture attracted over 3 million viewers on flickr image hosting website.

Nasa s most amazing high def image of earth so far. 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. This animated globe shows the city lights of the world as they appeared to the new suomi npp satellite which has at least 10 times better light resolving power than previous night viewing satellites.

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. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. And scientist astronaut harrison h.

Night lights 2012 the black marble. A new high definition version of the blue marble has been taken from the newest earth observation satellite. 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. 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.

Deep space climate observatory. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. 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.