Next generation is a mosaic of satellite data taken mostly from a nasa sensor called the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer that flies board nasa s terra and aqua satellites.
Blue marble original.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
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This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Also like its predecessor the new blue marble is available free of charge to educators scientists museums businesses.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations with a spatial resolution level of detail of 1 square kilometer per pixel.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Evans command module pilot.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
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Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
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.
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This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
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View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
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It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
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Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
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.