Blue Marble Nasa Observatory

Welcome to the blue marble observatory i ve decided to share my experiences of observing and imaging the incredibly beautiful objects of the night sky.

Blue marble nasa observatory.

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. Using a collection of satellite images and data scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of earth s land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. What images or stories would you nominate as the best in the earth.

Atop a small hill at an elevation of 2 915 feet 888 meters just south of campo california southbound hikers complete their 2650 mile long journey. Researchers apply those observations on local and regional scales to better manage things like food and water supplies health safety land use and ecosystems. The first television image of the earth from space taken by the television infrared observation satellite tiros 1 on april 1 1960. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.

Nasa satellites and sensors constantly take the pulse of our planet. Astronaut photograph iss050 e 17326 was acquired on december 19 2016 and is provided by the iss crew earth observations facility and the earth science and remote sensing unit. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. Image by nasa in 2002 nasa produced the blue marble the most detailed true color image of the earth s.

Please have a look around and keep checking back as this site will be updated regularly with images new diy projects and astronomy related news. Image of the day atmosphere land water. Since its launch on the web in april 1999 nasa earth observatory has published more than 15 500 image driven stories about our planet. 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 0 386 square mile of our planet.

In celebration of our 20th anniversary as well as the 50th anniversary of earth day we want you to help us choose our all time best image. Nasa earth observatory image by joshua stevens using modis blue marble next generation data and topographic data from the shuttle radar topography mission srtm. To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.