A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
Blue marble 2012.
This image was released to the public on january 25 2012.
A new high definition version of the blue marble has been taken from the newest earth observation satellite.
Published december 6 2012.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
Washed by seas of unsullied shades of blue and caressed by snowy clouds gaia gleams in pristine splendor.
It shows even faint lights rather brightly and is thus well suited to spot even villages.
The just renamed suomi npp satellite took numerous images on january 4 2012 and.
The two way the space agency s latest composite image of earth offers a detailed view of north and central america.
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.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
Blue marble 2012 how serene the earth looks from the heavens.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
Map of 2012 beautified using combined data from many satellite pictures taken in april and october 2012 nasa published a beautified map in which the night lights were shown in yellow on a blue ified version of the day time blue marble picture.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s earth observing satellite suomi npp.
This image really has the ability to suck you in make you think about yourself make you think about everything inside that marble permanently stick into your mind and make you smile.
Suomi of the university of wisconsin.
The most amazing high definition image of earth blue marble 2012 nasa if nasa says it s the best image ever of earth i m guessing that it is.
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.