The earth s iconic image gets a nighttime update the iconic blue marble view of earth has been knocked out of the game by nasa s latest image.
The black marble earth.
Data creation black marble s standard science processing removes cloud contaminated pixels and corrects for atmospheric terrain vegetation snow lunar and stray light effects on the viirs day night band dnb radiances.
This image is one of several global images of the earth at night released in 2017.
They have provided a broad beautiful picture showing how humans have shaped the planet and lit up the darkness.
Nasa has released new high definition satellite images of earth s night lights for the first time since 2012.
This composite image of the earth as a black marble shows asia and australia in.
Black marble is playing a vital role in research on light pollution illegal fishing fires disaster impacts and recovery and human settlements and associated energy infrastructures.
This image with the official nasa designation as17 148 22727 became known as the blue marble.
It twinkles with lights from humans and nature.
Earth at night black marble 2016 color maps satellite images of earth at night often referred to as night lights have been a curiosity for the public and a tool of fundamental research for at least 25 years.
Please like share subscribe thank you nasa scientists have released new global maps of earth at night providing the clearest yet views of the patterns of.
Nothing tells us more about the spread of humans across the earth than city lights asserts chris elvidge a noaa scientist who has studied them for 20 years.
Out of the blue and into the black the night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think.
By nick carbone dec.
On december 7 1972 the crew of apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the moon took a photo of earth from the space at a distance of about 45 000 kilometers 28 000 miles.
Black marble the night side of our planet twinkles with light and the first thing to stand out is the cities.
In fact the earth is never really dark.
Download flat map views of the earth at night in jpeg and geotiff.