Blue Marble 2012 Fisheye

Amazing high definition image of earth caption a new high definition version of the blue marble has been taken from the newest earth observation satellite.

Blue marble 2012 fisheye.

Composite image showing a variety of views of earth from space. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. The new image is a composite of six separate orbits taken on january 23 2012 by the suomi national polar orbiting partnership satellite. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

Favorite add to. I can happily report it is the way it should ve been. Blue marble 1972 blue marble 2002 aqua marble 2005. 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.

Blue marble 2012 white marble 2012 black marble 2012. Nice to see somebody at nasa still interested in the real world. Top row left to right. This story has however a happier ending in the newst blue marble the one showing africa.

See google earth again. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. A quick trip to google earth shows how a real blue marble would have looked like minus the clouds. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.

Bottom row left to right. 5 out of 5 stars 110 110 reviews 9 99. Both of these new blue marble images are images taken by a new instrument flying aboard suomi npp the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs.