Blue marble we have since updated the base maps by increasing the resolution and for 2004 we made a series of monthly maps.
Blue marble base map nasa.
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.
Nasa s terra satellite collected these images.
Next generation images show earth in true color.
There is one blue marble image for each month of the year 2004.
Blue marble was initially created by nasa s goddard space flight center the night lights by noaa s.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Display of a section of the 86400 43200 blue marble pictures that nasa derived from imagery taken in 2004.
To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.
The shown section is 720 600 by default but can be resized using the and buttons at the top.
Nasa lance fire information for resource management system provides near real time active fire data from modis and viirs to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires.
The images show how the surface would look to a human in space if our world had no clouds and no atmosphere.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
That ball became the famous blue marble.
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.
Clicking near the edge of the picture moves the focus into the respective direction clicking on its center zooms in and back out thus switching between 4 and 0 5 gigapixel.
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.
We never thought it would become an icon.
The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.
Published december 6 2012.
Nasa s blue marble pictures of earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
I certainly never thought that i would become mr.
Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth.
I was happy with it but had no idea how widespread it would become.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
