Blue Marble Nasa 2002

To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.

Blue marble nasa 2002.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. In 2002 nasa scientists and visualizers stitched together strips of brand new data in natural color collected over four months from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer or modis instrument aboard terra. The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations.

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 spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. Blue marble 2002 source. Nasa s earth observatory.

This was the first time the apollo trajectory. Flying over 700 km above the earth onboard the terra satellite modis provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial oceanic and. 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. Image of the blue marble 2002 much of the information contained in this image came from a single remote sensing device nasa s moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer or modis.

Using data from nasa s terra satellite scientists and data visualizers stitched together four months of observations of the land surface coastal oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless photo like mosaic of every square. In 2002 nasa produced the blue marble the most detailed true color image of the earth s surface ever produced.