That ball became the famous blue marble.
Blue marble night map.
June blue marble next generation w topography.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
There is one blue marble image for each month of the year 2004.
Nasa s blue marble pictures of earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation.
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.
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.
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.
We never thought it would become an icon.
Next generation offers a year s worth of.
Blue marble we have since updated the base maps by increasing the resolution and for 2004 we made a series of monthly maps.
Published december 6 2012.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
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.
Nasa s terra satellite collected these images.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
Next generation images show earth in true color.
I certainly never thought that i would become mr.
Blue marble was initially created by nasa s goddard space flight center the night lights by noaa s.
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.
Here you can browse their maximum resolution of four pixels per km as well as a slightly coarser night lights map enhanced by town names and national borders.