Original Blue Marble Nasa

Eowyn when we think of earth this iconic image of the blue marble immediately comes to mind.
Original blue marble nasa. We ll call the above image blue marble i. Nasa s blue marble earth is a fake by dr. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. 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.
And scientist astronaut harrison h. 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. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. The pale blue dot is an iconic photograph of earth taken on feb. 14 1990 by nasa s voyager 1 spacecraft. 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.
Also like its predecessor the new blue marble is available free of charge to educators scientists museums businesses. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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.
Evans command module pilot. 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. Next generation offers a year s worth of. Like the original the blue marble.
The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Voyager 1 was speeding out of the solar system beyond neptune and about 3 7 billion miles 6 billion kilometers from the sun when mission managers commanded it to look back toward home for a final time. The original caption is reprinted below.
Next generation is a mosaic of satellite data taken mostly from a nasa sensor called the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer that flies board nasa s terra and aqua satellites. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. June blue marble next generation w topography.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.