Blue Marble Nasa 2002

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

Blue marble nasa 2002.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. Much of the information contained in this image came from a single remote sensing device nasa s moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer. Our writers and visualizers explain what we are seeing and our web developers tell the world. The blue marble next generation shows incredible detail of the earth.

Flying over 700 km above the earth onboard the terra satellite modis provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial oceanic and. One picture per month. Terra modis collection. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.

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. Click on the image to view a larger version of this image. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Blue marble 2002 blue marble mapserver web interface for viewing small sections of the above.

Next generation offers a year s worth of. Image of the blue marble 2002 much of the information contained in this image came from a single remote sensing device nasa s moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer or modis. We translate data into a useable and understandable form. Deep space climate observatory dscovr.

Enhancements by robert simmon ocean color compositing 3d globes animation. Our team is purely about communications. This image from nasa s dawn mission shows the topography of the northern and southern hemispheres of the giant asteroid vesta updated with pictures obtained during dawn s last look back. Image by nasa in 2002 nasa produced the blue marble the most detailed true color image of the earth s.

2002 data acquired february 8 2002. On july 21 2015 nasa released a new blue marble photograph taken by a u s. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.