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.
Marble earth nasa.
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.
The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Evans command module pilot.
Nasa s black marble enables a wide range of applications for a broad spectrum of data users.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
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.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
Published december 6 2012.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
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 translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.