The Blue Marble Nasa 2014

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.
The blue marble nasa 2014. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
Earth is constantly changing and nasa scientists and engineers are working daily to explore and understand the planet on scales from local to global. 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. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The blue marble awards program contributes to nasa s mission in many ways including. Blue marble eastern hemisphere. Web resolution january 18 july 25 2014 quicktime. Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day.
March 30 2014 jpeg. High definition march 30 2014 quicktime. The blue marble this spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers from the planet s surface.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. March 30 2014 jpeg. And 3 facilitating nominations to external. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Like the original the blue marble. Evans command module pilot. This was the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap despite the southern hemisphere being heavily covered in clouds. Also like its predecessor the new blue marble is available free of charge to educators scientists museums businesses and the public.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Next generation is a mosaic of satellite data taken mostly from a nasa sensor called the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis that flies board nasa s terra and aqua satellites. The original caption is reprinted below. 2 providing a nasa wide approach to meeting specific employee recognition requirements found in executive order 13423 strengthening federal environmental energy and transportation management.
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. 1 raising internal awareness of the important role employees and contractors play often behind the scenes in enabling environmentally sound mission success.