This image of africa from march 2005 is just one of many views of our planet provided in the new blue marble.
Blue marble next generation from nasa earth observatory.
Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
Next generation image collection.
July blue marble next generation w topography and bathymetry.
Published oct 13 2005.
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.
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.
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.
See the blue marble next generation a true color earth dataset including seasonal dynamics from modis 880 kb pdf for acknowledgments.
Next generation was produced by reto stöckli nasa earth observatory nasa goddard space flight center.
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.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
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.
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.