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.
Blue marble nasa 2002.
In 2002 nasa produced the blue marble the most detailed true color image of the earth s surface ever produced.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
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.
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.
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 original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations.
Flying over 700 km above the earth onboard the terra satellite modis provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial oceanic and.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
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.
Nasa s earth observatory.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
Blue marble 2002 source.
To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.