Blue Marble Earth From Space

The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
Blue marble earth from space. 2 2012 is a companion to a nasa image showing the western. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Image of the day atmosphere land water.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the. 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. Facilitate the synergy of technology with the environment. Increase international awareness education and collaboration in space exploration.
Image of the day land water. 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. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp in this amazing space wallpaper. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
Advance and preserve international awareness of our planet its resources and its people. That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take. The photo released feb. This blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972. This photo from nasa s suomi npp satellite shows the eastern hemisphere of earth in blue marble view. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory. Improve human condition on earth. And scientist astronaut harrison h. To mark the 30th anniversary of the apollo 17 mission and the famous blue marble full earth image goddard space flight center s visualization and analysis lab has rendered a new visualization inspired by the mission.
Evans command module pilot. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. Nasa the crescent earth rises above the. A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.