Blue Marble 2007

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Blue marble 2007.

Nasa goddard space flight center reto stöckli. The shape and texture of the land. 2007 blue marble awards i am very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 nasa environment and energy awards the blue marble awards. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

And scientist astronaut harrison h. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. This amazingly beautiful view of earth from space is a fusion of science and art a showcase for. Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth.

A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. Nasa s earth observatory published. This amazingly beautiful view of earth from space is a fusion of science and art a showcase for. October 9 2007.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. There ceremony was held on september 22 2008 in newport news virginia. City lights as a beacon of human presence across the globe. It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history.

Next generation offers a year s worth of. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. Nasa blue marble 2007 east release date. Using data from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis aboard nasa s terra satellite scientists and data visualizers stitched together a full year s worth of monthly observations of the land surface coastal oceans sea ice and clouds into.

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. The shape and texture of the land. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. 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.

These awards recognize nasa civil service employees and contractor personnel who demonstrate environmental leadership while carrying out nasa s primary mission. City lights as a beacon of human presence across the globe. Nasa blue marble 2007 west release date. Nasa goddard space flight center reto stöckli.

Blue marble 2002 source. 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. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. October 9 2007.

The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.