Blue Marble Next Generation From Nasa Earth Observatory

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Blue marble next generation from nasa earth observatory.

This image of africa from march 2005 is just one of many views of our planet provided in the new blue marble. See the blue marble next generation a true color earth dataset including seasonal dynamics from modis 880 kb pdf for acknowledgments. 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. Astronaut photograph as17 148 22727 courtesy nasa johnson space center gateway to astronaut photography of earth like the original the blue marble.

Published december 6 2012. Published oct 13 2005. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. Next generation was produced by reto stöckli nasa earth observatory nasa goddard space flight center.

In honor of the deployment of this earth observing system nasa is pleased to share the next generation of its series of stunning blue marble earth images. Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. Blue marble next generation 12 months of high resolution global true color satellite imagery. Next generation is a mosaic of satellite data taken mostly from a nasa sensor called the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer that flies board nasa s terra and aqua satellites.

This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to 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. Night lights 2012 the black marble. 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.