Blue Marble Nasa 2002

Terra modis collection.
Blue marble nasa 2002. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. This image from nasa s dawn mission shows the topography of the northern and southern hemispheres of the giant asteroid vesta updated with pictures obtained during dawn s last look back. Enhancements by robert simmon ocean color compositing 3d globes animation. Blue marble 2002 blue marble mapserver web interface for viewing small sections of the above.
Next generation offers a year s worth of. Deep space climate observatory dscovr. 2002 data acquired february 8 2002. Nasa goddard space flight center image by reto stöckli land surface shallow water clouds.
We translate data into a useable and understandable form. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e. Next generation improves the techniques for turning satellite data into digital images. Flying over 700 km above the earth onboard the terra satellite modis provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial oceanic and.
On july 21 2015 nasa released a new blue marble photograph taken by a u s. Image by nasa in 2002 nasa produced the blue marble the most detailed true color image of the earth s. The blue marble next generation shows incredible detail of the earth. One picture per month.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 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 pixel. Our team is purely about communications. Our writers and visualizers explain what we are seeing and our web developers tell the world.
Click on the image to view a larger version of this image. 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.