Published december 6 2012.
Is the blue marble earth real picture.
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.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
A synthetic but accurate and deliciously crispy.
Similar images of the earth have also been designated as blue marble images with the phrase blue marble frequently used by the environmentalists and organizations to promote environmental conservation and consciousness.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
It s a composite made of many other images.
In the nasa archive its formal designation is as17 148 22727 but it s commonly known as the blue marble shot and forty years later we still aren t sure who actually took it.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
After nasa published its latest jaw dropping blue marble photograph of earth last month many of you wondered how real the image was.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Here s nasa s explanation on how their images.
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.
Evans command module pilot.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
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.
A set of satellite images was released by nasa in 2002 including the prepared images for.
Unlike apollo 17 s photograph of the whole earth nasa s blue marble is not a real photograph.
Subsequent blue marble images.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
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.