The Big Blue Marble Image 2012

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The big blue marble image 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. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. The just renamed suomi npp satellite took numerous images on january 4 2012 and this. A companion of the blue marble 2012 covering the eastern hemisphere was released by nasa on february 2 2012.

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

A composite image of the western hemisphere was released by nasa on january 25 2012 and was titled blue marble 2012. 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. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. A new high definition version of the blue marble has been taken from the newest earth observation satellite. The 2012 picture attracted over 3 million viewers on flickr image hosting website.

Nasa s most amazing high def image of earth so far. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. Deep space climate observatory. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.

And scientist astronaut harrison h. 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. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.