Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Marble earth nasa.
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.
Evans command module pilot.
The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day.
Using data from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis aboard nasa s terra satellite scientists and data visualizers stitched together a full year s worth of monthly observations of the land surface coastal oceans sea ice and clouds into.
Along with their primary purpose of supporting the short term weather prediction and disaster response communities they also provide new data for tracking wildfires gas flares and light pollution and have numerous socioeconomic uses such as proxying economic activity monitoring changes in.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
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 translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This image is one of several global images of the earth at night released in 2017.
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.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
In celebration of the deployment of its earth observing system nasa is pleased to share the newest in its series of stunning earth images affectionately named the blue marble this new earth imagery enhances the blue marble legacy by providing a detailed look at an entire year in the life of our planet.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Published december 6 2012.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Nasa s black marble enables a wide range of applications for a broad spectrum of data users.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.